Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday kicked off his campaign for a ‘yes’ vote at the April 16 referendum on expanding his powers, predicting Turks will back the changes he craves. Analysts are predicting that the outcome of the referendum on the new constitution to create an executive presidency ...
Russian Tu-95MS long-range bombers have launched cruise missile strikes on ISIL targets near the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Russian strategic bombers destroyed several terrorist camps, training centers and a command post of one of the major terrorists’ units near ISIL’s de facto capital of Raqqa. ...