Turkey

Regional crises push Turkey, Saudi closer despite ideological rift

Turkey is cultivating closer relations with Saudi Arabia’s new leadership, putting aside long-stan...

May 08, 2015 10:29 AM EDT

U.S. military starts training Syrian fighters to combat Islamic State

The United States has begun a long-awaited program to train Syrian fighters to go into combat agains...

May 08, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Turkey faces delicate battle against Islamic State sympathizers at home

Defne Bayrak's husband was a suicide bomber who killed CIA operatives in a 2009 attack in Afghanista...

Apr 22, 2015 08:29 AM EDT

Erdogan divides Turkish women with approach to tackling violence

When 20-year-old Ozgecan Aslan was stabbed and beaten to death after trying to fight off a man bent ...

Apr 20, 2015 10:35 AM EDT

In Sudan, an unlikely path to jihad for students

Tasneem Hussein was a soft-spoken university student in Khartoum when the transformation slowly bega...

Mar 28, 2015 06:28 PM EDT

UK teens suspected of trying to join Islamic State arrested

Three male British teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria have bee...

Mar 16, 2015 08:17 AM EDT

Islamic State video claims killing of 'Israeli spy' Musallam

A video posted online by Islamic State militants on Tuesday showed a boy killing Muhammad Musallam, ...

Mar 10, 2015 06:48 PM EDT

Bureaucratic infighting hampers action on droughts: U.N. official

Infighting between competing government departments has weakened the world's ability to tackle droug...

Mar 10, 2015 11:16 AM EDT

Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State

Saudi Arabia is pushing for Sunni Muslim Middle East countries to set aside differences over politic...

Mar 06, 2015 08:09 AM EST

U.S., Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal

The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian o...

Feb 17, 2015 06:04 PM EST

Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor

Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around ...

Feb 14, 2015 07:42 AM EST

U.S. charges six with supporting Islamic militant groups: Justice Department

Six people have been charged with providing money and equipment including U.S. military uniforms to ...

Feb 06, 2015 10:55 PM EST

Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Saturday that the world would suffer an "immeasurable l...

Jan 17, 2015 07:10 AM EST

Merkel says Islam 'belongs to Germany' ahead of Dresden rally

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Islam "belongs to Germany", in a clear repudiation of...

Jan 13, 2015 03:32 AM EST

Paris attacks suspect entered Syria on Jan. 8, Turkey says

The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five day...

Jan 12, 2015 07:54 PM EST

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