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Turkey
Turkish media reported that Abd El Basset Azzouz, a senior al Qaeda leader in Libya and suspect in the 2012 murder of US Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi, was seized in a joint CIA-Turkish raid in Yalova on Nov. 13. Azzouz was reportedly moved to Jordan on Nov. 24 for extradition to the US. Thirteen […]
Hamas
Turkey’s Hamas ‘bureau’
Turkey
About 110 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters from Iraq will be allowed to transit through Turkey to replace 150 Peshmerga in Kobane, Syria. Military officials denied a report that Islamic State fighters had attacked Kobane from Turkish soil. Long-buried Turkish landmines near the border with Syria are said to have killed and injured a number of Syrian […]
Ahrar al Sham
Islamists come out on top in new effort to unify Syrian rebel groups
Iraq
Syria says US-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
Islamic State
Pope urges solidarity to stop aggressors in Syria and Iraq
Qatar
Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels
Chechnya
Syrian link suspected in Chechen murder in Ankara
Iraq
Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain
Iraq
Turkey training Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS tightens up its entry requirements
Islamic State
Hagel: Taking out Assad ‘won’t put ISIL back in the box’
France
The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem
Libya
Turkey’s role in Libya adds to pro-Islamist perception
Turkey
Authorities today released 12 members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB) who were arrested for assaulting three US sailors yesterday in Istanbul. The US Navy, Turkish national police, and the US Embassy are working together to investigate the incident. Authorities have arrested 386 people in connection with protests in early October against the Islamic State’s […]
Turkey
Three American sailors from a NATO ship docked in Eminönü were assaulted by members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), who put sacks over the sailors’ heads, threw dye on them, and called the US troops “murderers” in a video of the incident released by the group. The US Embassy called the incident “appalling.” The […]
Iraq
Central Command general to ISIS: We can hear you
Iraq
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane
Islamic State
Rights group: Child captives suffered ‘torture and abuse’ by Islamic State
Iraq
For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of crumbling
Denmark
Dane in Lebanon arrested for being alleged IS fighter
Turkey
Turkish authorities claimed that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was responsible for the murder of three Turkish soldiers in Hakkari on Oct. 25, but the PKK denied responsibility. A Turkish officer was shot by masked men in Diyarbakır. An estimated 50 to 150 Free Syrian Army soldiers crossed over from Turkey into Syria to assist […]
Islamic State
Interview with an Islamic State Recruiter: ‘Democracy Is For Infidels’
Iraq
Iraqi Peshmerga arrive in Turkey to head for Syria
Australia
Australia trying to confirm death of IS militant Mohammad Ali Baryalei
Free Syrian Army
Indictment on Terrorism Charge Traces Man’s Arc From Germany to Syria and Back
Islamic State
ISIS Hostages Endured Torture and Dashed Hopes, Freed Cellmates Say
Germany
Islamic State Attracts Kurds from Germany to Join Jihad
Turkey
Turkish and American officials are investigating letters containing an unidentified yellow powder that were sent to the consulates of the US, Belgium, Canada, France, and Germany in Istanbul; nine people have been sent to the hospital for observation. Turkish media reported that Basil Hassan, a Dane wanted by Denmark for attempting to kill writer Lars […]