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Turkey bombs Kurdish 'terrorist targets' in Iraq, Syria
Jan 14, 2024 (AFP)
"In accordance with our right to self-defence... air operations were carried out against terrorist targets in northern Iraq in the regions of Metina, Hakurk, Ga...
Turkey bombs 'terrorist targets' in Iraq and Syria
Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Air operations were carried out on terrorist targets in the regions of Metina, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil," the ministry said in a statement. The nine Turkish sol...
Drone attack on Iraqi Kurdistan military base
Dec 31, 2023 (AFP)
The attack on the base in Arbil province was carried out late Saturday and caused some damage but no casualties, the regional government said in a statement. Th...
Indian army to probe alleged Kashmir civilian deaths in custody
Dec 26, 2023 (AFP)
The three men were among a group of eight detained by the army last week in Poonch, near the frontier that divides the restive Himalayan territory between India...
Eight civilians killed in Turkish strikes on Syria: monitor, media
Dec 25, 2023 (AFP)
On Saturday, Turkey announced a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for two separate attacks on its bases in northern Iraq that killed 12 soldiers, which Ank...
Turkey targets 'terrorists' in Iraq and Syria after 12 soldiers killed
Dec 24, 2023 (AFP)
In a press release on its website, the ministry said "29 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters, oil installations and warehouses, were destroyed" during t...
Turkey says six soldiers killed in PKK strike in Iraq
Dec 23, 2023 (AFP)
Turkey has operated several dozen military posts in northern Iraq for the past 25 years in its decades-old war against the PKK, a group blacklisted by Turkey an...
Three Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir gunfight
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
Two army vehicles were conducting an operation in Rajouri district south of Srinagar, the region's biggest city, when they were fired upon by rebel forces, a de...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan uses AI voice clone to campaign from jail
Dec 18, 2023 (AFP)
Khan has been locked up since August and is being tried for leaking classified documents, allegations he says have been trumped up to stop him contesting genera...
Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends decision over military trials
Dec 13, 2023 (AFP)
The country's powerful military establishment wants to try more than 100 people accused of targeting army sites during protests in support of former prime minis...
2 ex-Afghan politicians sanctioned by Biden admin; UK defence ministry fined for Afghan data breach
Dec 12, 2023 (UPI)
The sanctions were announced Monday, International Anti-Corruption Day, as the Biden administration unleashed a slew of measures to combat what it describes as ...
Kurdistan university housing fire kills 14
Dec 08, 2023 (AFP)
Local Kurdish television channel Rudaw broadcast footage of firefighters at work in front of the building which houses academic staff and students from Soran Un...
No sign of forced labour at Xinjiang site, says VW
Dec 06, 2023 (AFP)
Volkswagen has long come under pressure over its factory in Urumqi in Xinjiang, a northwestern region where Beijing has been accused of human rights violations ...
China says Afghan Taliban must reform before full diplomatic ties
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing does not formally recognise Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, although both countries host each others' ambassadors and have maintained diplomatic engagemen...
Afghanistan's Taliban government slams lack of invite to COP28
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
A statement from the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) said that despite "comprehensive efforts" to address climate change issues in the country, ...
Two PKK-linked Iraq fighters killed in strike blamed on Turkey
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
The pair, who were killed late Monday, were members of the Sinjar Resistance Units, a group founded among the district's Yazidi community in response to a bruta...
Turkish strike in Iraq kills 2 PKK fighters: authorities
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The Turkish army rarely comments on its operations in Iraq but it often carries out air and ground raids on PKK positions in the north of the neighbouring count...
Pakistani troops kill 9 attackers during siege on military base in Punjab
Nov 04, 2023 (UPI)
The media branch of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations issued a statement saying Pakistani Air Force troops thwarted the surprise siege on the training ...
Armed men storm Pakistan air base
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
Three men were killed before they entered the base, with three more attackers "cornered/isolated", a military statement said. The Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP)...
10 PKK fighters killed as Turkey strikes northern Iraq
Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)
Turkey has intensified its cross-border air raids against Kurdish targets in northeastern Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for an October 1 suicide bombin...
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