At least 16 civilians were killed in bombing raids by the US-led coalition near the ISIL group’s Syrian bastion Raqqa, a monitor said on Wednesday. The UK-based opposing Syrian Observatory said five young siblings were among the dead in the strikes on the village of Al-Baruda, about 15 kilometers (10 ...
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 139 staff from Ankara municipalities and two ministries in an investigation targeting supporters of the US-based cleric accused of being behind last July’s failed coup, CNN Turk said on Wednesday. Since the attempted putsch, authorities have jailed pending trial 50,000 people and sacked or ...
