Islamic State jihadist group

Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Angela Merkel of anger over asylum for `putschists`

Ties worsened after Turkey imprisoned Deniz Yucel, a German-Turkish journalist with Die Welt, on terror charges in February.
 

May 27, 2017, 16:24 PM IST

More than 100,000 Iraqis displaced in Mosul operation

Iraq launched the operation to retake Mosul, the last Iraqi city held by the Islamic State jihadist group on October 17.

Dec 18, 2016, 18:47 PM IST

UN peace envoy for Syria heading to Moscow, Washington

 The UN peace envoy to Syria said on Monday he was heading directly to Moscow in a bid to promote a political end to the conflict, as Russia intensifies its air strikes.

Oct 13, 2015, 00:29 AM IST