Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: PKK
2 Turkish soldiers abducted
Suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) abducted two Turkish soldiers in eastern Turkey amid a flare-up of violence between Kurdish rebels and security forces, the army said Saturday. The militants seized the soldiers late Friday after stopping a
Turkey kills over 10 Kurdish militants, 44 people detained in Istanbul
Turkish security forces killed more than 10 suspected Kurdish militants amid intensifying clashes in the country’s southeast, while 44 people were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of links with the rebels, officials and media reports said. The exact death toll
Two Turkish soldiers gunned down on way to work
Two Turkish soldiers were gunned down by suspected Kurdish militants as they left for work on Thursday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources said. More than 100 security personnel and hundreds of militants have been killed since the
Turkish military says bombarded 24 Kurdish militant targets in southeast
Turkish warplanes struck 24 targets in a bombardment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in the southeastern province of Hakkari late on Tuesday, the military said. The targets destroyed in border towns of Yuksekova and Daglica were mainly weapon emplacements
Second police officer attacked in Turkey’s south dies of injuries
A police officer wounded in an attack in Turkey’s southern province of Adana late on Monday died from his injuries, local media reported on Tuesday, becoming the second police officer to be killed in the incident. The two police officers
Five children wounded in bomb blast in Turkey’s southeast
Five children were wounded on Monday when a bomb tore through a street in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, hospital officials said, where deadly clashes in recent weeks have followed the collapse of a ceasefire by Kurdish militants. A separate
Girl killed, five wounded by militant rocket in Turkey
A 9-year-old girl was killed and five people were wounded when a rocket fired by Kurdish militants hit a house in Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, the local governor’s office said. The Kurdish insurgents had targeted an armoured
Turkish jets strike Kurdish militant targets
Turkish jets struck Kurdish militant targets in the southeastern province of Hakkari late on Wednesday, hitting shelters and armed posts, the army said in a statement on Thursday. Turkish security forces have regularly targeted camps belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan
Turkish jets pound Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes carried out a new barrage of cross-border airstrikes on a Kurdish militant camp in northern Iraq Wednesday, destroying munitions depots and caves, the army said. Security sources said the jets also targeted a facility being used as an
Kurdish ministers quit Turkey govt in protest over conflict
Two Kurdish ministers accused Turkey’s government of promoting a “logic of war” as they quit the cabinet on Tuesday, two months after the resumption of fighting between the army and Kurdish rebels. EU Affairs Minister Ali Haydar Konca and Development
Turkish airstrikes kill 55 Kurdish rebels
Turkish fighter jets carried out a new barrage of cross-border airstrikes this week against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, killing at least 55 rebels, state-run Anatolia news agency reported Saturday. The strikes by F-16 and F-4 jets targeted caves, houses
Thirteen Turkish soldiers wounded in bomb blast in east: sources
Thirteen Turkish soldiers were wounded when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb explosion in the largely Kurdish eastern province of Mus, security sources said on Tuesday. Turkey has been hit by waves of daily violence between Kurdish militants
Turkey again lifts curfew in restive Cizre
Turkish authorities on Monday lifted a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Cizre after re-imposing it for 12 hours following a deadly nine-day military lockdown, the regional governor’s office said. The curfew, enforced as the army battles Kurdish
Turkey re-lifts curfew in restive Cizre
Turkish authorities on Monday lifted a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Cizre after re-imposing it for 12 hours following a deadly nine-day military lockdown, the regional governor’s office said. The curfew, enforced as the army battles Kurdish
Iraq tells Turkey to coordinate its strikes on PKK
Iraq’s foreign minister has called on Ankara to coordinate with Baghdad in its military campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq following accusations that Turkish forces crossed the border into Iraq last week. Iraq has been mostly
PKK bomb attack kills Turkish police
Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb near a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey early on Sunday, killing two police officers and wounding five others, security sources said, marking the latest casualties in the region’s worst violence in two decades. More
Turkey bombs PKK targets in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq overnight, a security source told Reuters on Friday, the latest in a series of daily air strikes on the militants as conflict surges in southeast Turkey. The source
Four Turkish police killed in PKK bombing: security sources
Four Turkish police were killed on Thursday in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the country’s southeast blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), sources told AFP. The attack is latest deadly strike on the security forces blamed
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