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Turkey freezes assets of ISIL and al-Qaeda-linked individuals, organizations
Turkey has frozen the assets of 13 people and seven organizations over links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and...
Top court upholds sentences given to media executive, police chiefs on terror charges
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld prison sentences handed down to Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca and former police chiefs on...
Key suspect in arms smuggling to Syria dies in mysterious car accident
Cevheri GüvenHeysem Topalca, a notorious Syrian arms smuggler working under the alias “Ghost Commander” who since the beginning of the Syrian civil war has...
Turkey sends al-Qaeda, ISIL-affiliated Syrian fighters to Libya: report
Syrian militants affiliated with groups such as al-Qaeda
and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group are currently being
sent by Turkey to...
Russian state media claims Turkey supporting al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria
Russian state-run news agencies reported on Tuesday
that Turkey was supporting jihadist groups in Syria that are linked to al-Qaeda
after clashes between the Turkish military...
Situation in Syria’s Idlib rapidly deteriorating, says Moscow
The situation in Syria's Idlib province, where Russia and Turkey have tried to create a de-escalation zone, is rapidly deteriorating, Maria Zakharova, a Russian...
Turkey detains members of jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda
Turkey has detained 13 alleged members of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), marking the first time such an operation has been launched against members...
Difficulties persist in setting up demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib: Russia
Difficulties persist in setting up a demilitarized zone in the Syrian province of Idlib, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing...
[OPINION] Erdoğan shields Hizb ut-Tahrir from criminal prosecution in Turkey
Abdullah BozkurtHizb ut-Tahrir, an outlawed group that calls for the reinstatement of the caliphate that was abolished in Turkey, was recently given a huge...
Dutch intelligence report: ISIL uses Turkey as strategic base to reorganize
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) has said the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) is using Turkey...
[OPINION] Al-Qaeda running on Erdoğan’s election ticket in Turkey
Abdullah BozkurtIt was hardly surprising to see that a former al-Qaeda suspect was nominated as a front-runner candidate for a parliamentary seat in the...
AKP nominates controversial figure for member of parliament from Van
Osman Nuri Gülaçar, who was detained in an investigation into al-Qaeda’s Turkey operation in 2009, has been nominated for member of parliament by the...