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Ankara Says Nearly 50,000 Syrians Have Returned Home

Tens of thousands of Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the start of Ankara's military operation inside the...

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Turkey Says Al-Bab Completely Captured From Jihadists

Turkish armed forces and allied Syrian rebels have completely taken the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria from...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 29 Near Syria Town Taken From IS

A suicide bomber killed 29 people, most of them rebels, on Friday near the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which they had taken...

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Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?

The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes...

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Syria Rebels Announce Capture of Al-Bab From IS

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from...

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Turkey Says Only 100 Jihadists Left In IS-Held Syria Battleground

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of...

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Turkey Says ‘100 IS Fighters’ Left In Syria’s Al-Bab

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 Islamic State jihadists were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has...

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11 Family Members Dead In Rebel Push On IS Syria Bastion

Eleven members of the same family were killed on Monday as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels advanced on the town of Al-Bab...

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24 Civilians Killed In Bombing On Syria Town

Turkish bombardment of an Islamic State group-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, a monitor said Thursday, but...

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Erdogan Says Turkish Troops Inside IS Bastion Al-Bab, Capture Imminent

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies have entered the centre of...

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Syria Army Reaches Edge of IS-Held Town

Syria's army advanced on Friday to the outskirts of a key Islamic State group bastion that is also being targeted by...

Opinion

Turkish Troops, Syria Rebels Enter IS-Held Town

Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as...

International

ISIL Claims Responsibility For Reina Attack

ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39 people on New Year's Eve. The...

Politics

Istanbul New Year Reina Nightclub Attack ‘leaves 39 Dead’

At least 39 people, including at least 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul,...

International

Turkish Troops Killed In Clashes With ISIL In Syria

Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of...

International

Police Officers Killed In Gun Battle In Jordan

At least four policemen and one suspect have been killed in clashes on the outskirts of Karak city in southern Jordan...

International

Turkish Army Urges Syrians To Seek Safety As Rebels Push On Al-Bab

The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek...

International

Stadium Blasts Kill 29 People

Two explosions near a football stadium in the heart of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, have killed 29 people and...

International

Turkish Soldiers Killed By Syrian Air Strike

The Turkish military has said that three of its soldiers have been killed and 10 more wounded in Syria by an air strike...