Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Syria: ISIL oil fields pounded by British bombers

Syria: ISIL oil fields pounded by British bombers

Britain’s Typhoon warplanes and Tornado jets – taking off from a base in Cyprus – have now conducted two rounds of air strikes in Syria against ISIL and its lucrative oil installations. Visiting the fighter pilots conducting the raids, the UK defence minister said on Saturday that the aim was to hit the Islamist militant group’s…

Friday, November 27, 2015

Turkey: two journalists jailed over Syria smuggling reports

Turkey: two journalists jailed over Syria smuggling reports

Two prominent journalists in Turkey are facing charges of espionage after publishing video that allegedly showed trucks, belonging to the state intelligence agency, carrying ammunition to Syrian militants. Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul are also accused of willingly aiding an armed group. Both have been jailed pending trial.…

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