Regional anti-terrorism
Nine injured in Istanbul cafe explosion
16/06/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- An explosion injured nine people late Sunday (June 15th) at a cafe in the Buyukcekmece quarter in Istanbul's European section. The...
Kosovo Albanian gets 40 years in jail for 2001 bus bombing
08/06/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- An international court in Pristina on Friday (June 6th) sentenced an ethnic Albanian to the maximum 40 years in prison for bombin...
Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
08/06/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish warplanes attacked alleged bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the General Staff announced on Sat...
Babacan: Kurds should join fight against PKK
06/05/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Monday (May 5th) hailed the renewed dialogue with Iraqi Kurds, but warned that closer ties...
Turkish Army says 150 PKK militants killed in air offensive in northern Iraq
04/05/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- The army announced on Saturday (May 3rd) that more than 150 Kurdish militants were killed during an air attacks in northern Iraq. T...
Turkish jets strike PKK positions in northern Iraq
24/04/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- Warplanes launched fresh air strikes against terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq on Wednesday (April 23...
Kurdish rights activist in Turkey sentenced to two years in jail
11/04/2008
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey -- Prominent Kurdish rights activist Leyla Zana was sentenced to two years in jail Thursday (April 10th) by a court in Diyarbakir...
Belgian police arrest 29 women suspected of receiving PKK training
06/04/2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- In a series of raids Friday (April 4th), Belgian police arrested 29 women of various nationalities, suspected of connections wit...
Turkish court presses charges against 24 suspected al-Qaeda members
06/04/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish court on Saturday (April 5th) pressed charges against 24 suspected al-Qaeda members of planning bomb attacks and belongin...
Turkish police arrest 45 suspected al-Qaeda members
02/04/2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Police arrested 45 suspected members of the terrorist network al-Qaeda Tuesday (April 1st), in a series of simultaneous operation...
Five arrested on terrorism charges in BiH
21/03/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday (March 20th) that five people have been arrested on terrorism...
Turkish military says troops withdrawn from Iraq
29/02/2008
Turkey confirmed Friday that it has ended its ground offensive in northern Iraq.
Two UNMIK cars damaged by Mitrovica blast
29/02/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Two UNMIK cars were damaged when a bomb exploded near a police station and the municipal court building in northern Mitrovica on...
Bomb scare forces evacuation of Montenegrin parliament
29/02/2008
PODGORICA, Montenegro -- A bomb threat called in to parliament on Thursday (February 28th) postponed debate on the new cabinet, to be led by Prime Mi...
Turkey's Gul rules out total invasion of northern Iraq
28/02/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- President Abdullah Gul ruled out the possibility of a total invasion of northern Iraq on Wednesday (February 27th) and said the ong...
