The UN said Tuesday it had received reports of dozens of execution-type killings by the ISIL group, including the slaying of 50 former police officers, as Iraqi troops close in on Mosul. The allegations — which remain “preliminary” — have come from a range of civilian and government sources, who ...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday Ankara could launch a ground operation in Iraq to remove any ‘threats’ to Turkey that may arise. “If there is a threat posed to Turkey, we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation… to eliminate that threat,” Cavusoglu said ...
