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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has declared it will implement a ceasefire with Turkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm. The statement by the outlawed group, published by the pro-PKK Firat news agency (ANF) on Read More …
U.S.-backed terrorist group PKK/YPG, which runs a jail in northeastern Syria for Daesh members, says they oppose handing the facility over to the new rulers of Syria. They cite possible attacks by Daesh and claim monitoring its attempts to re-emerge. Read More …
A powerful explosion shook Manbij in eastern Aleppo on Friday, claiming the lives of two men and injuring eight others. The blast, caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a civilian vehicle, occurred on Tajnid Street in the Read More …
On Thursday, the General Directorate for Mine Affairs in Duhok announced its 2024 statistics regarding efforts to remove explosive materials across the governorate. The Head of the Directorate, Shilan Naheli, told Shafaq News that mine clearance teams successfully cleared seven Read More …
Western powers, including the United States, Germany, and France, have reportedly expressed concern over Syria’s new Islamist government’s decision to appoint foreign jihadists to senior military positions, according to informed sources. In response, Western envoys are attempting to persuade the Read More …
The UAE has decided to add 19 individuals and entities to its Local Terrorist List for their links to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organisation. This decision has been made under Resolution No. (1) of 2025 issued by the UAE Cabinet, Read More …
At least 101 fighters have been killed in northern Syria over the past two days amid fighting between Turkish-backed forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday that Read More …
Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu said that five people were also injured in the blast, which occurred in the Karesi district. Regarding the latest situation, Balikesir Governor Ismail Ustaoglu said Turkish prosecutors are currently conducting investigations at the scene. Earlier, Ustaoglu Read More …
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, targeting a Turkish military convoy in the Bamarni district, north of Duhok, a security source reported on Monday. The source told Shafaq News Agency that “the IED was planted on the roadside and remotely Read More …
“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and wounded people after the attack.” The minister did not provide specific Read More …
Turkish intelligence has confirmed the death of FETO terror group’s ringleader Fetullah Gulen, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday. Gulen had been living in the US state of Pennsylvania. Turkish leaders had long sought his extradition, but US Read More …
The 13-year-old boy should have been in school last Thursday, instead of sitting in a police station in central Gothenburg. But police say he fired shots outside the offices of Israeli tech firm Elbit Systems. “He was basically caught in Read More …
An attempted suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv several months ago was planned and carried out under the supervision of the Hamas terror group’s headquarters in Turkey, the Shin Bet and Israel Police said on Tuesday. In a joint statement, Read More …
Bedrettin Düzen, a 32-year-old shepherd, was killed by a landmine explosion in the Doskî Valley region of Yüksekova district in the eastern province of Hakkari. Düzen was grazing his animals when he stepped on a landmine, resulting in severe injuries. Read More …
A highly-modified jet ski loaded with explosives has been found off the Turkish coast near Istanbul. According to reports in the Turkish media, the adapted jet ski was found drifting off the coast of the district of Çatalca, close to Read More …
Evgenii Serebriakov, who allegedly carried out a car bomb attack in Russia’s capital Moscow, was captured in Türkiye on Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. Yerlikaya said on X that Russian Interpol officials contacted Türkiye’s Interpol/Europol Department at 10.30 Read More …
The man suspected of blowing up a Toyota Land Cruiser in northern Moscow has fled to Turkey, so Russian law enforcement officials are in talks on his extradition, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov told reporters. On Wednesday Read More …
A Turkish soldier was killed in an anti-terrorist operation in northern Iraq, near the Turkish border, said the Turkish National Defense Ministry on Friday. Sgt. Bahadir Ridvan Talay was killed by an improvised explosive device planted by members of a Read More …
Türkiye has deployed all instruments available in its fight against terrorism, a battle that has marked the last 40 years of its history. While political dialogues continue, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the National Intelligence Organization have intensified efforts Read More …
In his latest Unficyp report on Cyprus, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed his strong concerns over the ‘significant’ militarisation of the buffer zone which undermine Unficyp’s peacekeeping efforts. Guterres highlighted a record number of violations in the buffer Read More …