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President Erdogan said the 10 October double suicide attack considered as the most deadly in the country’s history is “a completely collective act” carried out by the Kurdish militants, ISIS and the Syrian intelligence. Erdogan made the claim in a Read more
Turkey summoned the ambassadors of the U.S. and Russia separately to voice Ankara’s concerns regarding their respective countries’ cooperation with armed groups operating in Syria and Iraq. The ambassadors met with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and a foreign ministry official Read more
Baghdad’s fight against the Islamic State group seems to be taking a new turning point as officials confirm that Iraq is cooperating with the newly established intelligence center staffed by Russian, Iranian and Syrian military officials to launch attacks against Read more
A total of 70 Sudanese nationals have joined the Islamic State group in Syria and Libya since the emergence of the terrorist organization, the Sudanese Interior Minister announced. According to press reports, many of those Sudanese foreign fighters are medical Read more
The Iraqi forces together with armed popular groups made territorial gains against ISIS in their quest to retake the provincial Anbar capital, Ramadi, with the help of the airstrikes of the U.S-led coalition. Ramadi has been under the control of Read more
As the Hadi government tries to settle down in Aden awaiting the ousting of the Houthi forces from Sana’a, ISIS in Yemen launched four attacks on the Government’s headquarters at the al-Qasr Hotel as well as on the central operations Read more
At the beginning of the week, different media claimed that around 160 U.S. troops arrived at the Habbaniyah air base to launch a ground assault on ISIS militants in Ramadi if only the Popular Crowd forces would withdraw from Anbar. Read more
France has announced that it will be carrying out airstrikes in Syria a week after its foreign minister Laurent Fabius stated that the military was carrying out surveillance flights over the country for possible strikes on the militants of the Read more
An audiotape that surfaced recently on the internet with a voice believed to be that of al-Qaeda network’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri said clearly that the group doesn’t recognize the authority of the Islamic State and its proclaimed Caliphate but did Read more
President Erdogan accused the EU, Iran and Russia of supporting terrorist groups active in Iraq and Syria. In an interview aired on CNN Sunday, the outspoken president said his country will focus its fight against terrorism on the PKK rather Read more