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Two Turkish soldiers who were wounded in northern Syria during the ongoing Operation Euphrates Shield succumbed to their injuries on Dec. 27 in Ankara, Doğan News Agency has reported.
JERUSALEM
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Dec. 26 called on French Jews to leave their country to protest a Paris-hosted conference planned for next month aimed at restarting Palestine-Israel peace talks, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has reported, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.
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ANKARA
At least 30 were killed and scores were wounded on Dec. 25 when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants staged an attack, targeting civilians who were trying to escape Syria’s al-Bab, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced.
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Turkey takes umbrage with the global anti-ISIL coalition, saying it is not doing enough to support Ankara in its battle to take al-Bab
DUBAI - The Associated Press
Qatar-based satellite news channel Al-Jazeera accused Egypt on Monday of detaining one of its producers on "fabricated charges," its latest newsroom employee to be entangled in their bitter dispute
RIYADH - Agence France-Presse
A Saudi man has been jailed for one year for calling for an end to the Muslim kingdom's guardianship system that gives men wide controls over women, local media said Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama on Dec. 24, accusing him of a “shameful ambush” at the United Nations over West Bank settlements and saying he is looking forward to working with his “friend” President-elect Donald Trump.
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ISTANBUL
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria on Dec. 25, the Kremlin said in a statement, Reuters has reported
ARBIL
Military force may be an option to fight the presence of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Sinjar district near Mosul in northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has said, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported on Dec. 24.
MOSUL
Iraqi forces will resume their push against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in the city
KOCAELİ
Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Işık on Dec. 23 said he had information that three Turkish soldiers were abducted by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern Syria but added that other “comments” beyond this information were not confirmed
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