The Islamic State claims it sent highly trained sleeper agents to Europe through Turkey posing as refugees as far back as 2012. A 99-page manifesto issued in January, “Black Flags from Rome,” also details the Islamic State (ISIS)’s desire to spark a Europe-wide Islamic insurgency using “Muslim No Go Zones” as bases of operations.
Atilla Aydiner, the mayor of Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district, told the media police believe a pipe bomb exploded near a metro station during rush hour Tuesday. Footage of the explosion has begun circulating through social media.
A crackdown operation by the Turkish coast guard saw the arrests of around 1,300 migrants and three suspected people smugglers yesterday, just one day after Turkey reached a political deal with the European Union (EU) to stem the flow of migrants.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared he would resign if it is proven that Turkey ever purchased oil from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), following claims by the Russian government that they have found proof of transactions.
“People know that the ORR doesn’t tell us what they’re doing,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn tells Breitbart News Daily host Steve K. Bannon. “They are not fulfilling their obligation. They are not being truthful, honest and transparent and we have been on this.”
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson ripped the Obama White House for it’s call for Turkey to shut down its southern border with Syria while seeming to have little concern over the United
President Obama insists it is more important than ever to secure the Turkish borders to prevent Islamic State fighters from entering Syria.
Contents: France demands that Russia target only ISIS in Syria; Putin’s Syria intervention hobbled by weak Russian economy
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has confirmed the infiltration of Islamic State terrorists among the multitude of migrants flocking into Europe from Syria. In an interview on Czech television, Assad said that Europeans have legitimate cause to fear the wave of
Protests against the Turkish government in Russia following the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey/Syria border have intensified. Last week, Russians burned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in effigy before a Turkish embassy in Crimea.
Fighting has erupted between allegedly allied anti-Islamic State groups in Aleppo, Syria, killing over 20 people in the past two days.
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met privately in Paris where both are attending a climate change summit.
Yesterday in Brussels, the European Union (“EU”) announced a groundbreaking deal with Turkey in which the EU would provide Turkey with $3.19 billion and relaxed visa requirements for Turkish citizens traveling within the EU in exchange for the Turkish government’s promise to curb the flow of migrants in Europe through its western border with Bulgaria and Greece.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey promised to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for cash, visas and renewed talks on joining the EU in a deal struck on Sunday that the Turkish prime minister called a “new
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued economic sanctions against Turkey in response to the downing of a Russian warplane on Nov. 24.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. of leaking the flight path of a downed Russian jet to Turkey, allowing the latter country to shoot it down.
Russian planes have been bombing ethnic Turkmen in Syria, escalating tensions between Moscow and Ankara.
Contents: Russia’s military buildup makes Syria into a Russian no-fly zone; Russia ends food imports from many countries; Turkey’s Erdogan ‘saddened’ by downing of Russia’s warplane
TEL AVIV – News reports in the Arab world claim Russia is planning to escalate its military involvement in Syria by sending in ground troops and increasing airstrikes, according to translations provided by the Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI).
At least 50 U.S. soldiers arrived in Kobane, Syria, on Thursday to train Kurdish People’s Protection Unit soldiers against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
The Russian government began steps to push through economic sanctions against Turkey for downing a warplane on Nov. 24.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to “cooperate” with the West in Syria against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) but does not believe the West is ready to work with their coalition.
China joined other countries, including the United States, in urging steps to de-escalate the growing tensions about Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, calling for the international community to work together in combating terrorism to avoid such incidents.
Another sign of growing tensions between Russia and Turkey was Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s announcement on Friday that visa-free travel between the two countries would end on January 1.
To support its insistence that Russia’s Su-24 warplane was warned multiple times about its proximity to Turkish airspace before Turkish F-16s shot it down, Ankara has released audio recordings of the warning messages. On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed those recordings as forgeries.
