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A Turkish anti riot police officer stands next to the newly built Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge on August 23, 2016 in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 25, 2016 inaugurates Istanbul’s third bridge to span the Bosphorus between Europe and Asia, a key project in his drive to create a lasting historical legacy. The work — one of the longest suspensions bridges in the world — will allow Erdogan to show that his dream of creating a glitzy “new Turkey” with ultra-modern infrastructure is on track despite the July 15 failed coup and a string of militant attacks. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE
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A boy looks at Turkish army tanks and armored personnel carriers moving toward the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Wednesday said that Syrian opposition forces aided by Ankara have taken back the border town of Jarablus from the ISIS group. Erdogan said the Syrian rebels, “together with those who are from Jarablus, have now taken it back and ISIS has been forced to leave Jarablus.”
Turkey Signals No Quick End to Syria Incursion as Truck Bomb Kills Police
Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of ISIS and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers. The suicide attack at a police...Caption:
A Syrian army soldier is seen through the reflection of a bus filled with people to be evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria’s army, Syria August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
First Evacuees Leave Syrian Daraya
Besieged residents and Syrian opposition combatants and non-combatants began evacuating the Damascus suburb of Daraya on Friday, witnesses told Reuters. The exodus takes place during one of the longest stand-offs in Syria’s five-year war began. Syrian Opposition...Caption:
Emirates to Provide Treatment For 1,500 People Injured During the War in Yemen
The Emirates Red Crescent yesterday announced that it will provide treatment for 1,500 Yemenis who have been injured as a result of the war in Yemen at hospitals in the UAE, Sudan and India. This initiative is an implementation of the directives of the President of...Caption: