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Turkey denies Turkish troops entering Syria

Turkey denies sending troops to Syria. Turkish defense minister says neither the country plans to wo...

Feb 15, 2016 08:08 PM EST

Iraqi forces try to seal off Islamic State around Tikrit

Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen sought to seal off Islamic State fighters in Tikr...

Mar 03, 2015 08:49 AM EST

Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State

Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S. army veteran who recen...

Feb 16, 2015 01:43 AM EST

Kurdish deal with Turkey within reach but legal guarantees key: Ocalan

A settlement to end a three-decade insurgency by Kurdish militants in Turkey could be reached within...

Nov 30, 2014 09:18 AM EST

Assad's warnings start to ring true in Turkey

When Sunni rebels rose up against Syria's Bashar al-Assad in 2011, Turkey reclassified its protégé...

Oct 27, 2014 10:17 PM EDT

Philippine Islamist militants threaten to behead German on October 17

Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday they will kill one of two Ger...

Oct 02, 2014 08:27 AM EDT

Kurds issue new call to arms against Islamic State in Syria

Kurdish militants in Turkey have issued a new call to arms to defend a border town in northern Syria...

Sep 21, 2014 09:22 AM EDT

Britain's Cameron to chair emergency meeting after hostage killed

Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency response committee ...

Sep 14, 2014 05:30 AM EDT

Ahead of speech, Obama briefs Congress on Islamic State strategy

President Barack Obama told leaders of Congress on Tuesday that he did not need for them to authoriz...

Sep 09, 2014 09:57 PM EDT

Iraq refiles case in U.S. court over disputed Kurdish crude

Iraq has refiled in U.S. court to gain control of $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker near...

Sep 07, 2014 10:12 AM EDT