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Turkey planning operations to clear Syrian border of so-called Islamic State

Turkey and its allies are planning operations to clear Islamic State militants out of a stretch of the country’s border with Syria. Foreign minister Feridun...

Turkish soldiers kill four suspected Islamic State militants before G20 meeting

Turkish soldiers killed four suspected Islamic State militants today and authorities detained 11 demonstrators a day before leaders of the G20 group of economic...

Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan urges respect for party’s election win

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed his ruling party’s emphatic victory in the country’s parliamentary election and demanded that the world respect the...

Syria presses ahead with assault against rebels

Syrian troops backed by Russian air strikes are pressing ahead with an assault against rebels in central and northern Syria, according to the Syrian...

Turkey shoots down drone at border with Syria

Turkish military jets have shot down an unidentified drone that officials said violated the country’s airspace at the border with Syria. The aircraft was shot...

Eight missing after wooden boat collides with Greek patrol vessel

Eight people are missing after a wooden boat carrying migrants or refugees attempting to reach the Aegean island of Lesbos sank after colliding with...

Syrian militants ‘were planning Turkey attacks’

Turkish security services have intelligence suggesting that militants “originating” from Syria were planning to carry out attacks in Turkey, the country’s president said. Recep Tayyip...

US-backed Kurds accused of war crimes in Syria

The US-backed Kurdish administration in northern Syria has deliberately displaced thousands of mainly Arab citizens and demolished homes, according to Amnesty International. The report said...

95 killed, 245 wounded in bomb blasts at peace rally in Turkey

Twin bomb blasts have killed 95 people at a peace rally by leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital Ankara. A government statement late...

Russian jets in Turkish airspace no accident, says Nato chief

Nato’s secretary-general has rejected Moscow’s claim that its military incursion into alliance airspace over Turkey was not intentional or important, saying there were two...

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