U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General Joseph Votel made an unannounced visit to Syria last week to meet with the heads of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia fighting the Islamic State largely composed of Kurdish fighters.
Turkey’s government has reportedly called on imams, teachers and parents to act as their eyes and ears in German schools and report any criticism of its president, Recep Tayyip Ergodan. The Turkish consulate in North Rhine-Westphalia staged a number of “information
BERLIN (AP) – Germany is continuing to receive requests for asylum from Turks with diplomatic passports in the wake of a crackdown on the opposition following last year’s failed coup, the Interior Ministry said Friday. At least 136 people with
Turkey has called Iran’s outrage over its foreign minister’s warnings that Tehran is seeking to establish Shiite states in Iraq and Syria “incomprehensible,” as Ankara attempts to mend an alliance centered on fighting the Islamic State.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a German newspaper Tuesday that his government is “ready to send ground troops” to fight the Islamic State in Syria if necessary.
An argument between Iran and Turkey over their interventions in the Syrian civil war has grown into a clash over regional stability, with Tehran warning Ankara not to “test Iran’s patience.”
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters in Munich Sunday that he is optimistic about cooperating with the United States to eradicate the Islamic State from Syria and that Turkey is expecting to work with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to liberate Raqqa, the Islamic State “capital.” This announcement followed a conversation with Vice President Mike Pence.
TEL AVIV – A Sudanese cleric and politician has called for his country to declare a truce with Israel, saying that Sharia law permits it and that prolonging the boycott was only harming Sudan and not the Jewish state.
The Turkish government has begun applying closer scrutiny to immigrants from Muslim regions of Russia, raiding their homes and detaining them to ensure Islamic State sympathizers and other jihadis are not attempting to operate openly in the terror-besieged country.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a U.K.-based group that uses ground sources to monitor the war in Syria, reports that “there is not truth” to the Turkish military’s claim that it is close to capturing the Syrian town of al-Bab, an Islamic State stronghold located 20 miles from the Turkish border.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top religious official has suggested that the German authorities’ raids on the apartments of four Islamic clerics are political moves fueled by “Islamophobia” ahead of elections in the country.
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have raided the apartments of four Islamic clerics suspected of spying on opponents of the Turkish government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan completed a trip to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, landing in Qatar on Tuesday evening after meeting with Saudi King Salman and discussing regional security.
The Turkish military actively engaged in gunfire with the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), long considered among the most successful militias on the ground fighting the Islamic State.
Iran is allowing Russian warplanes to use its airspace, courtesy of an old agreement, a move that will allow both countries to continue providing much-needed support to dictator Bashar-al Assad in Syria.
The Islamic State terrorist responsible for a New Year’s Eve attack on a popular Istanbul nightclub told prosecutors he would like Turkey to execute him as he was disappointed by his own failed attempt at suicide following the massacre.
Actress Lindsay Lohan has invited President Donald Trump for a tour of the refugee camps in Turkey in which she has worked in recent months, saying in an interview that the experience would help him better understand the plight of Syrian refugees.
On Monday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Alex Marlow asked for Deputy Assistant to the President Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s assessment of radical Islam and its position in the world today, compared to its influence on the morning of September 11, 2001. “Is radical Islam stronger now as a movement, or has it been weakened since 9/11?” he aske
Contents: Hezbollah keeps on fighting, but says it will honor Syria ceasefire; Tensions grow over the future of Bashar al-Assad
Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16 on replacing its parliamentary system with the stronger presidency long sought by incumbent Tayyip Erdogan, electoral authorities announced on Saturday.
Turkish prosecutors are reportedly investigating allegations that suspected Islamic State terrorists have established a school in Istanbul to spread their jihadist ideology to children.
CIA chief Mike Pompeo arrived in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday for his first trip abroad in the position, meeting with Turkish intelligence head Hakan Fidan, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
BERLIN (AP) — A Hamburg court has upheld an injunction prohibiting a German television comedian from repeating elements of a crude poem he wrote about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a Russian airstrike that both governments claim accidentally struck a building in Syria occupied by Turkish soldiers.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo will make his first trip overseas to Turkey, Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump agreed in a 45-minute phone call Tuesday evening.
Contents: Investigation reveals depraved new atrocities by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad; Epicenter of Syrian conflict moves from Aleppo to Idlib and al-Bab
Ankara’s outspoken mayor on Tuesday warned that outside forces could be using sophisticated technology to try to trigger a manmade earthquake in a deliberate bid to harm Turkey’s fragile economy.
Turkish authorities announced the mass arrests of hundreds of individuals suspected of working to infiltrate Turkey with the Islamic State, 763 of which were arrested on Sunday alone.
48-year-old pastor Andrew Brunson of Black Mountain, North Carolina, was arrested in Turkey last October after performing missionary work in Turkey for 23 years.
A U.S.-backed Syrian force launched a new phase of its campaign to retake the eastern part of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have requested more weapons from its allies in the U.S.-led coalition in order to properly execute the mission.
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s anti-terrorism police have detained over 440 people for alleged links to the Islamic State group, the state-run agency reported Sunday.
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey is once again facing off against historic foe-turned-ally Greece in one of their fiercest rows in years, though the war of words is unlikely to spill over into military confrontation.
According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration has decided to scrap the Obama White House plan for recapturing the Islamic State capital of Raqqa in Syria.
Turkey’s broadcasting oversight agency has enacted a new set of regulations that prohibit news outlets from broadcasting footage of terrorist attacks, including images of police and emergency vehicles, and bans the phrase “breaking news” and other “agitating” content.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a terse exchange of words, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Turkey to uphold democracy as the country heads toward a critical referendum on boosting the powers of the presidency, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took offense at her reference to “Islamist terror,” saying the words cannot be placed together.
Israel remains the only free country in the Middle East, according to the annual report by Freedom House, published Wednesday.
A report published this week by the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches warns that persecution and hate speech against Christians of all denominations increased significantly throughout the country in the last year, particularly in the media.
Syrian Kurdish fighters belonging to a ground coalition known as the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State has provided them with unprecedented weapons support, expressing optimism that President Donald Trump will help their struggle more than the Obama administration did.
As experts and politicians debate the merits of President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting refugee flows from terror-prone nations, few have addressed the many warnings prior to Trump’s assumption of the presidency that Islamic State terrorist have long planned to infiltrate Western nations disguised as refugees.
US President Donald Trump’s immigration and refugee restrictions are “offensive”, a top Turkish official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, in the first explicit criticism by Ankara of the controversial policy.
