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Azerbaijan hosts joint drills with Turkey near Armenia
Oct 23, 2023 (AFP)
Azerbaijan last month took control of the long-disputed region in a 24-hour offensive that ended decades of Armenian separatist rule. The ministry said "up to 3...
Two killed in clashes between Iraqi, Kurdish forces: security sources
Oct 22, 2023 (AFP)
The clashes erupted near the Makhmur camp for Kurdish refugees from Turkey, where the Iraqi army wanted to step up security to control entrances and exits. Turk...
Pakistan PM in rare visit to China's Xinjiang
Oct 20, 2023 (AFP)
Successive governments in Islamabad have refused to acknowledge evidence of the mass incarceration of Muslims by its key economic ally in a region that borders ...
China premier to visit Kyrgyzstan
Oct 20, 2023 (AFP)
Li will travel to Kyrgyzstan from next Tuesday to Friday where he will attend a meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government and conduct an ...
Taliban official in Beijing seeks to deepen economic ties with China
Oct 18, 2023 (AFP)
"We will hold talks about investment and having good bilateral relations with China," said industry and commerce minister Nooruddin Azizi. Since the chaotic wit...
Turkey extends Syria, Iraq operations by another two years
Oct 17, 2023 (AFP)
They were first approved in 2013 to support the international campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, and has since been renewed annually. In 2021, it wa...
Three PKK members killed in suspected Turkish drone strike on Iraq
Oct 14, 2023 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had announced Wednesday that Turkey would "continue to intensify" its strikes targeting fighters from the Kurdish militan...
Erdogan vows to intensify strikes on Kurd fighters in Iraq, Syria
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
Turkey has been bombing sites in northeast Syria since Thursday, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to K...
Turkish strike on Kurds in Syria kills 20: monitor
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
Turkey has been bombing sites in the area since Thursday, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to Kurdish ...
At least 11 killed in Turkish strike on northeast Syria: monitor
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
"Eleven killed and dozens wounded after a Turkish war plane targeted a training centre" belonging to the internal security forces, known as the Asayish, on the ...
Turkey launches new wave of Syria strikes
Oct 06, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement came just hours after Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the US downing of a Turkish combat drone involved in the Syria operation with Secr...
Turkey threatens to expand strikes in Syria, Iraq
Oct 04, 2023 (AFP)
Turkey convened a top national security meeting to prepare its response to Sunday's attack. Police shot dead one of the assailants while the other died in an ap...
Paris 'has agreed' to deliver military equipment to Armenia: French minister
Oct 03, 2023 (AFP)
Colonna travelled to Armenia after Azerbaijani forces last month swept through the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and secured the surrender of Armenian se...
Daughter of jailed Uyghur academic appeals for support
Oct 02, 2023 (AFP)
The human rights group Dui Hua said last month that China had sentenced Rahile Dawut to life behind bars for "endangering state security," although the governme...
Turkey strikes PKK bases in Iraq after Ankara bombing
Oct 01, 2023 (AFP)
In the hours following the bombing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had already vowed that "terrorists" would never achieve their aims. The Kurdistan Wor...
Karabakh refugees burn cherished possessions on way out
Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)
Agabekyan's little boy adds his bicycle to the flames melting his toys "so that the Azerbaijanis don't get to play with them". The scene has been replayed acros...
Nagorno Karabakh capitulation sparks exodus
Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)
Baku's swift battlefield victory has prompted many locals to flee by road to Armenia, where the first refugees arrived Sunday. Yerevan on Monday put arrival num...
Azerbaijan offensive takes advantage of global turmoil
Sep 21, 2023 (AFP)
President Ilham Aliyev declared victory on Wednesday after separatist Armenian fighters agreed to lay down their arms in the face of Azerbaijan's military opera...
Azerbaijan, Armenia agree to cease-fire after Nagorno-Karabakh campaign
Sep 20, 2023 (UPI)
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense said the Armenian side agreed to leave combat positions and military posts and "disarm completely." "Units of the Armenian arme...
Iraq condemns 'repeated Turkish attacks' after Kurdish officers killed
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
Monday's strike on Arbat airfield, southeast of the city of Sulaimaniyah, also wounded three members of the counterterrorism forces of Iraq's autonomous region ...
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