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2 Turkish Military Officers Given Life Terms for Coup Attempt

6 January 2017

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced two military officers to life in prison for their alleged roles in last year’s failed coup attempt. The verdict handed down in Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, was the first ruling related to the plot to overthrow President Recep Tayyip […]

Turkey car bomb and gun attack on courthouse in Izmir

6 January 2017

Two attackers, a policeman and a court worker have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say. Officials blamed Kurdish militants for the attack. A third attacker is reportedly still being sought. […]

Bin Laden’s son Hamza ‘actively engaged’ in terrorism

6 January 2017

Hamza bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden, has been officially designated a global terrorist by the United States. Hamza, who is now in his late 20s, was named an official member of al-Qaeda in 2015 and is seen as a possible successor to […]

Istanbul on alert as hunt for gunman reaches 4th da

5 January 2017

ISTANBUL (AP) — Police increased security around Istanbul on Wednesday and detained some 20 people with suspected links to the deadly New Year’s Eve night club attack as the hunt for the gunman stretched into a fourth day. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the […]

Middle East and North Africa Related Topics: Iran Libya Yemen Syria Israel More topics Gunman in Istanbul nightclub attack may have trained in Syria

4 January 2017

The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State appears to have been well versed in guerrilla warfare and may have trained in Syria, a newspaper report and a security source said on […]

Berlin Attack Suspect Recruited in Germany, Spoke Openly of Mounting Truck Attack

24 December 2016

Anis Amri attended mosque hours after carrying out his deadly attack Monday on a Berlin Christmas market that left 12 dead and dozens injured, but there was nothing especially pious about the 24-year-old Tunisian before or even after he was radicalized. On Friday morning, Islamic […]

After Berlin Attack, Fears Rise In Europe Over Strikes On Soft Targets

22 December 2016

Carola Garcia-Calvo spends her days poring over Islamic State propaganda. It’s part of her job as a global terrorism analyst at Madrid’s Elcano Royal Institute, a think tank. Recently, she has noticed a shift. Most of the propaganda used to be published in an ISIS […]

Trump blames ‘Islamic terrorists’ for attacks in Turkey and Germany

22 December 2016

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jumping ahead of investigators, President-elect Donald Trump is blaming Islamic terrorists for deadly violence in Turkey and Germany and vowing anew to eradicate their regional and global networks. Authorities in both countries were still investigating Monday when Trump issued a pair […]

Suspect in deadly Berlin attack is latest Tunisian jihadi

22 December 2016

PARIS (AP) — The Tunisian now wanted throughout Europe has six aliases, three nationalities — and links to the same brand of Islamic extremism that has drawn at least 6,000 of his countrymen to jihadi networks. Anis Amri, who turns 24 on Thursday, is in […]

Germany Hunts Tunisian Suspect after IS Claims Truck Attack

22 December 2016

German police launched a manhunt Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. Officials said the suspect, 24-year-old Tunisian national Anis Amri, had already been under investigation […]

Erdogan Sees Gulen Link to Envoy Killing, Kremlin Cautious

22 December 2016

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the killer of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was a member of the group of Fethullah Gulen blamed for the July 15 coup, as Moscow warned against jumping to early conclusions. Monday’s murder of Andrei Karlov stunned Russia and […]

Russia, Turkey Reaffirm Ties After Envoy Assassinated

21 December 2016

ISTANBUL — The Russian and Turkish presidents say the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey will not harm ties between the two countries. “We share the same understanding with Mr. Putin that our expanding areas of cooperation with Russia, particularly on Syria, will not be […]