Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s chief adviser was detained Saturday over suspected links to the movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen blamed for last year’s failed coup, state media reported. Birol Erdem, a former senior justice ministry official, was taken into custody in Ankara along with his wife ...
The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) managed on Saturday to advance in southern Ba’aj district, liberating Al-Risalah compound from ISIL terrorists. A PMF spokesman said that the popular forces, backed by the Iraqi air force, have been advancing in western Mosul, tightening the siege imposed on the takfiri group in ...