Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 ISIL ‘jihadists’ were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has seen the bloodiest clashes of Ankara’s half-year campaign inside the conflict-torn country. Speaking to NTV television, Defense Minister Fikri Isik said half of the town of Al-Bab was in the hands ...
Turkey’s army is lifting a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday. The move, ordered by the defense ministry, applies to female officers working in the general staff and command headquarters and branches, it said. Women ...