Missing UK teens seen on video in Turkey before going to Syria
Images show the teens boarding a bus in Istanbul, Turkish HBR television reported. It’s the first sighting of the girls since they left London almost two weeks ago. Authorities have…
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U.S. suspects accused of sending military supplies to terrorists in Syria, Iraq
The Bosnian immigrants, including a husband and wife, were arrested this month in Illinois and St. Louis, according to court records released Friday. Three of the suspects are naturalized American…
Activist Pens ‘A Letter To Young Muslim Girls’ Considering Joining ISIS
The Islamic State has run a slick media campaign to lure young recruits to its ranks — and the strategy has attracted women as well as men. On Feb. 17,…
Missing Canadian teenagers may have link to ISIS
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has reported the following: Early information suggests two of the four teenagers are women from Laval, while at least one of the men is from Montreal;…
All It Takes To Cross From Turkey To ISIS-Held Syria Is $25
KARKEMISH, Turkey — If the three Brooklyn men arrested Wednesday on charges of aiding and plotting to join the Islamic State had boarded flights to Turkey, they likely would have…
Turkish Police Arrested and Accused of Wiretapping President Erdogan
ISTANBUL — Police officers in Turkey arrested dozens of fellow officers on Wednesday accused of wiretapping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top government officials. The chief prosecutor’s office in Ankara,…
Former Miss Turkey Faces Prison For ‘Insulting’ President Erdogan
The lawyer for a model and former Miss Turkey says she could face up to two years in prison for social media posts that prosecutors have deemed to be critical…
British Police Believe 3 Missing Schoolgirls Crossed Into Syria
Police investigating the disappearance of three British schoolgirls said Tuesday they believe the teenagers are no longer in Turkey and have crossed into Syria. The girls, aged 15 to 16,…
Turkey blames UK for missing girls suspected of trying to join ISIS
“It is condemnable and shameful on the part of Britain that three girls can just go from Heathrow airport to Istanbul,” Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters in Ankara…
Why Turkey Finally Made A Move Against ISIS
WASHINGTON — Turkey made its boldest move yet against the Islamic State over the weekend. It wasn’t to help the U.S.-led air campaign against the group, something Turkey could do…
Turkish Military Enters Syria To Evacuate Soldiers Guarding Tomb: Report
Turkey’s prime minister says his country has evacuated troops guarding an Ottoman tomb in Syria. On Twitter, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of…
Turkish Military Enters Syria To Evacuate Soldiers Guarding Tomb: Report
Turkey launched an overnight military operation to evacuate troops guarding an Ottoman tomb in Syria, Turkish state-run television reported early Sunday. – Some 40 Turkish tombs guard the tomb of…
Bourbon’s Master Distillers Find Their Fan Base
WASHINGTON — At 80, Jimmy Russell finds his knees are not quite what they used to be. So he enjoys a comfortable chair where his admirers — millennial mixologists, their…
UK police raise alert over missing teen girls who may be headed to Syria
The girls, two of them 15 and one 16, have not been seen since Tuesday, when, police say, they took a flight to Turkey. One has been named as Shamima…
Turkish Students And Teacher Protest Increase Of Religion In Schools
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers across Turkey have boycotted school to protest the government’s moves to increase Islamic teachings in education. – Some students in the…
Turkey Rolls Back Secular Education To Raise ‘Pious Generation’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pastor Ahmet Guvener managed to get his daughter, a Christian, an exemption from mandatory religious classes in her Turkish school. But he soon found that the…
Vegetarians Remember The Last Thing They Ate Before Swearing Off Meat For Good
I remember The Moment. It all happened on a summer afternoon, a day with the kind of breeze that teases early notes of fall. Beaming sun but crisp air. My…
Promise of Europe Lures Syrians and Smugglers
SIDE, Turkey — He left his home in Syria over a year ago and set out more than a dozen times, he said, on perilous and ill-fated seaborne journeys to…
Syrian woman: I had to marry an ISIS police chief to save my father’s life
Hanan is not the woman’s real name. Though now in Turkey, not her native Syria, the 26-year-old is still so terrified and traumatized that she has not left her relatives’…
Turkey willing to put troops in Syria ‘if others do their part,’ Prime Minister says
“We are ready to do everything if there is a clear strategy that after ISIS, we can be sure that our border will be protected. We don’t want the regime…
Turkey Bacon Recipes That’ll Almost Make You Forget About The Real Thing
Most self-respecting bacon lovers wouldn’t dare admit to liking turkey bacon. It doesn’t cook up the same. It’s not fatty enough. And, well, it’s just not pork. It’s true, turkey…
Kurdish People Fast Facts
Population: approximately 25-30 million (some Kurds reside outside of Kurdistan) Religion: Most are Sunni Muslims; some practice Sufism, a type of mystic Islam Other Facts:Kurds have never achieved nation-state status,…
How To Eat As A 50-Something Woman
How does a smart, engaged, healthy, 50-something woman eat? After spending a couple of days up in the White Mountains with four women whom I love (but are not related…
Police: Korean teen may have fled to Syria to join ISIS
That teenager, called “Kim,” disappeared in a southern Turkish border city earlier this month, leading authorities to suspect that he may have slipped away to Syria to join ISIS. While…
Russia Presses Ahead With Plan for Gas Pipeline to Turkey
LONDON — President Vladimir V. Putin surprised the world in December when he aborted long-laid plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe, saying Russia would…
ISIS governor of Mosul killed in coalition airstrikes
Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Taluut, was killed 18 miles south of Mosul in the village of Qayyara, according to Maj. Gen. Watheq Al-Hamdani, a senior regional Iraqi…