Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
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Turkish forces kill 18 Kurdish rebels: army
Turkish security forces killed 18 militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as they battled the rebels in curfew-hit towns in the country’s troubled southeast, the army said Saturday. Sixteen were killed in the Cizre district of Sirnak province near
Armed Kurdish group claims Turkey airport blast
An armed Kurdish group on Saturday claimed an explosion near a plane at Istanbul’s second international airport which killed a female cleaner and wounded another. “We … claim the attack carried by mortar bombs at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport,” on
Turkish tanks pound Kurdish militants in week-long military campaign
Turkish tanks on Tuesday pounded Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in Cizre, a southeastern town at the heart of a large-scale military operation that the army said has killed 127 Kurdish militants in a week. Black smoke rose from buildings
Turkish forces clash with PKK as curfews expanded
The Turkish army on Monday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militants as the military pressed on with one of its biggest recent domestic operations and controversial curfew orders were expanded to a new area in the Kurdish-dominated southeast. The
Turkey kills 54 Kurdish militants in major crackdown
Turkish security forces have killed 54 Kurdish militants during a major operation to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels from two urban centres, official media said on Friday. “Fifty-four terrorists have been neutralised” in in the southeastern towns of
Clashes in southeast Turkey kill seven, new curfews declared
Seven people were killed in clashes with security forces in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, officials said on Monday, as authorities declared curfews across the restive region. The clashes are the latest in months of violence following the collapse of a
Turkey lifts, then reimposes curfew in battered Kurdish city
The Turkish authorities on Friday lifted a nine-day curfew in a key district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir but then promptly reimposed the measure. The local authorities had kept the curfew in place since December 2 in the central
Three Turkish security officers killed in clashes with Kurd militants
Three members of the Turkish security forces were killed on Saturday in clashes with militants in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, security forces said. Hundreds of people have died since the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) abandoned its two-and-a-half-year ceasefire in July
Three killed in clashes under curfew in Turkey’s southeast
Three Kurdish militants were killed on Wednesday in a Turkish southeastern district under curfew since a prominent Kurdish lawyer was shot dead over the weekend, the provincial governor’s office said on Wednesday. Clashes erupted in the town of Sur in
Turkish warplanes pound Kurdish militant targets in southeast Turkey’s
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets on Saturday, part of an air and ground offensive against the group in southeast Turkey, where some areas have been under curfew for as long as ten days. The Turkish army
Turkish forces clash with Kurdish militants in southeast, 12 killed
Turkish security forces killed 11 Kurdish militants in clashes near the borders with Syria and Iraq, while one soldier was killed in a firefight elsewhere in southeast Turkey, state authorities said on Friday. Violence has wracked the mainly Kurdish region
Five dead in PKK attacks in Turkey
Three Turkish policemen, a civilian and a soldier have been killed in new attacks in the restive southeast blamed on fighters from the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), security sources said Wednesday. The police officers were killed and another was
One killed in clashes with Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey
A taxi driver was killed and five other people, including a police officer, were wounded on Monday when Turkish security forces clashed with Kurdish militants in the southeastern town of Silvan, local media reported. Silvan, about 80 km (50 miles)
Kurd rebels end unilateral ceasefire in Turkey
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants have ended an unilateral ceasefire in Turkey which they declared last month, a news agency close to them cited the PKK umbrella group as saying on Thursday. “The unilateral halt to hostilities has come to
Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel bases: army
Turkish warplanes have bombed bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey and northern Iraq and also killed three Kurdish militants during clashes in the restive southeast , the army and security sources said on Tuesday. A 22-year-old
Turkish police detain 30 ISIS suspects in raid
Turkish police detained around 30 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suspects in a dawn raid on Tuesday, a day after a deadly shootout with a group of them, local media reported. Police launched simultaneous operations against ISIS cell
Turkish police and ISIS militants killed in firefight
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in Turkey’s southeast early on Monday, security sources said. The clashes in the Kayapinar
Turkish air strikes kill 11 Kurdish militants in southeast
Turkish air strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in the southeastern province of Hakkari have killed 11 suspected militants and destroyed weapons depots and shelters, the military said on Saturday. The air strikes on Friday targeted the Yuksekova area
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