Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — Jordan, threatened by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, plans to recruit thousands of officers to secure the borders with Iraq and Syria. Officials said the government has decided to recruit at least 3,000 personnel for the paramilitary Gendarmerie. They said the recruits would be trained and equipped to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party has intensified operations in Turkey. The Turkish military has reported a PKK offensive in the southeast, which included attacks on soldiers and police. The General Staff reported more than 10 attacks in which the PKK attacked civilian motorists and torched their vehicles. “This [PKK] group consisted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey’s intelligence community has determined that Kurdish insurgents returned from their bases in Iraq and Syria. In a report by two intelligence agencies, the Kurdish Workers Party was said to have ended its withdrawal from Turkey, launched in 2013. The report, titled “Solution Process/PKK Report,” said the insurgency group has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has conducted air strikes on Syria. Officials said fighter-jets attacked Al Qaida-aligned targets in northern Syria. The officials cited a military strike on a convoy of Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “A pickup, a truck and a bus in an ISIL convoy were destroyed,” the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has captured suspected Russian agents assigned to help the regime of President Bashar Assad. Officials said the Turkish military arrested two Russians who crossed from Syria to Turkey. The officials said the Russians, who were not identified, appeared to be coordinating shipments of equipment to Syria. “The two men […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria has reported an operation against Al Qaida. Security sources said Algerian special operations forces stormed suspected strongholds of Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb. The sources said the attacks, which took place on June 23 in the southern provinces of Adrar and Ilizi, killed six AQIM fighters. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, unable to halt anti-government protests, has threatened to deploy the Army to restore order. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has examined the feasibility of deploying Turkey’s huge Army, the second largest in NATO, to quell nationwide protests. They said Turkish police, despite the arrest of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party is expected to complete its withdrawal from Turkey by July. Kurdish politicians said some 2,000 PKK fighters would withdraw from Turkey. The officials said PKK squads were steadily moving through southeastern Turkey for either Iraq and Syria. On June 3, Turkey’s military reported a PKK attack […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco, fearing Al Qaida infiltration, has intensified border security. Security sources said the North African kingdom has deployed additional troops along its border with neighboring Algeria amid the war in Mali. They said the military and Gendarmerie has been alerted to the prospect that hundreds of Al Qaida fighters could […]