ISIL group is forcibly gathering people in and around Mosul for possible use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, residents said Wednesday, confirming UN fears. ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground, and Mosul is the last ...
The public prosecutor’s office in Ankara has identified businessman Kemal Batmaz as the “second mastermind” of the July 15 defeated coup, according to a report released by the office Wednesday. Batmaz, who is the former director general of Kaynak Paper Incorporated Company, had been detained soon after the coup bid ...
