Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake the town of Sherqat from the ISIL Takfiri group which has controlled it for more than two years, military sources said. The town lies on the west bank of the Tigris river 260 kilometers (160 miles) northwest of Baghdad and around ...
Two more Turkish troops were killed on Tuesday by an explosion while taking part in Ankara’s unprecedented military operation inside Syria, state media said. The state-run Anadolu news agency said the soldiers were killed by a mine north of the Syrian town of Jarabulus, which pro-Ankara militants had seized from ...
