In Turkey, the parliament has ratified a motion extending to launch cross-border operations in northern Iraq and Syria for two more years. The motion will authorize government from these cross-border operations from coming Oct 30. The motion also allowed the deployment of foreign armed forces ...

Turkey launched a new wave of military operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Turkish Defense Ministry said, the military operation is supported by commandoes, air strikes, artillery and armed drones.

Turkey has launched a counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in northern Iraq. In a statement, Turkish National Defense Ministry said the new Operation aims to destroy caves and shelters used by the terror organization in the area. Ministry said this is a follow-up on the successfully ongoing Claw-1 ...

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in a clash during operations into northern Iraq today. Turkey’s defense ministry in a statement said in Istanbul on Saturday six militants, including a woman, were neutralized during the operations. 

TEHRAN: The Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group has claimed the responsibility for the Tuesday car bombing in Iraq's northern Nineveh Province, IRNA reported on Wednesday. The attack killed two people and wounded 11 others, The Iraqi Joint Military Command's security center earlier announced in a ...

ANKARA: Turkish jets neutralized seven terrorists as part of an anti-terror operation in northern Iraq, the military said Monday. In a Twitter post, the Turkish General Staff said the airstrikes carried out in Gara and Hakurk regions on Sunday neutralized seven terrorists planning to carry out ...

ANKARA: The Turkish army "neutralized" 68 PKK terrorists in domestic and foreign counter-terror operations during last week. Turkish Defense Ministry told Anadolu Agency on Friday that the army has 'neutralized' 68 PKK terrorists in operations held across Turkey and in northern Iraq from November 9 ...

NINEVEH: At least 14 members of the Daesh terrorist group were arrested in a security sweep carried out across Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, according to a statement released by the Iraqi army. The arrests, the army said, were based on intelligence reports indicating that Daesh terrorists ...

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed his determination to eliminate terrorists from northern Iraq. “Our goal is to completely clear Sinjar and Mt. Qandil of the separatist terrorist organization [referring to PKK],” Erdogan said in his speech at the opening of Turkish ...

ANKARA: Turkish military neutralized at least four armed terrorists in northern Iraq's Zap area in an airstrike, Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday. Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered ...