Turkey
Kurdish rebels claim deadly Ankara blast as strain on Turkey grows
On top of all this, Turkey is battling a terrorist insurgency. In the latest violence, a Kurdish rebel group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that killed at least 37 people earlier this week in the capital. The Kurdish Freedom Turkey's military carried out airstrikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in … Read more
Tensions rise as Russia says it's deploying anti-aircraft missiles to Syria
MOSCOW — The Russian pilot plucked from behind enemy lines after his jet was shot down by Turkey said Wednesday he was eager to get back to the battlefield. A 12-hour rescue operation successfully brought Capt. Konstantin Murtakhtin — who had Turkey said the aircraft had violated its airspace and was warned 10 times in … Read more