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Forensic experts work outside Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport following the blasts. Reuters/Murad Sezer

13 Detained over Airport Attack as Turkey Sees Possible Foreign ISIS Link

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 30, 2016 | Middle East

At least one of three suspected ISIS suicide bombers who killed 42 people at Istanbul airport is thought to be a foreigner but investigators are struggling to identify them from their limited remains, officials said on Thursday, as they announced the arrest of 13...

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Ambulances arrive at Istanbul Ataturk. Osman Orsal/Reuters

Suicide Bombers Shake Ataturk Airport in Istanbul…Dozens of Victims

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 29, 2016 | World

Istanbul: Dozens of people were killed and injured when a triple suicide attack hit the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, carrying the fingerprints of the terrorist ISIS group. Yesterday night, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyib Erdogan strongly condemned...

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Forensic experts (L) and firefighters stand beside a Turkish police bus which was targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district, Turkey, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Kurdish Militant Group Says Responsible for Istanbul Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Kurdish militants on Friday claimed responsibility for a car-bomb attack this week that killed 11 people and injured 36 in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, vowing to continue attacks across Turkey. In a statement posted online, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)...

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Police walk near a Turkish police bus which was targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district, Turkey, June 7, 2016. Reuters

Bomb Attack Targets Police Vehicle in Istanbul; 11 Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 7, 2016 | Middle East

A car bomb exploded in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, wrecking a passing police bus near the main tourism district, news channel Haberturk reported. A parked car packed with explosives was detonated by remote control as the police bus drove...

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a joint news conference with UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (not pictured) in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria’s government and its enemies come face to face on Wednesday for the first time as world powers try to set aside their own differences and push for an end to three years of civil war that is unsettling the entire Middle East. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (SWITZERLAND – Tags: POLITICS)

U.N. Chief Calls for Shaping Different Future at Humanitarian Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2016 | World

Outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on government and business leaders, aid groups and donors to commit to halving the number of displaced civilians by 2030. “We are here to shape a different future,” Ban said in a speech at the start of a...