Iraq brought all of its territory still held by the ISIL terrorist group under attack Thursday. Security forces backed by paramilitary units launched a dawn assault on a besieged ISIL-held pocket around the northern town of Hawija, just days after attacking the terrorists’ only other foothold in the country. The ...
A Turkish court on Thursday jailed on terror charges 14 lawyers representing two detained teachers who have been on hunger strike for six months after being sacked in a mass crackdown. The case of Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca has become a rallying cause for critics of the purge that ...