A statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said police were tipped off that the extremist group had called for action — particularly against non-Muslims — during the celebrations.

Sitting in the heart of historical trading routes, Aleppo has been a commercial centre for thousands of years, from antiquity through to the Ottoman and modern-day periods. Before Syria’s civil war, ...

The Turkish Presidency condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in the city of Homs, affirming that it was a ...

Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant ...

Police in Turkey detained 115 people on Thursday suspected of planning to stage terror attacks at Christmas and New Year's ...

Turkish authorities detained 115 suspected Islamic State members in Istanbul raids after intelligence revealed plans for attacks targeting Christmas and New Year celebrations, particularly against non ...

Turkey shares a 900-kilometre (559-mile) border with Syria, where jihadist groups are still active and where the IS was accused of an attack in mid-December that killed two US soldiers and one ...

The pair held up colourful signs bearing the family's name in Arabic. Moments later, Khaled appeared, hauling the remnants of ...

Domestic dissent and economic woes required Erdogan’s constant attention and risked tarnishing his legacy after 23 years in power. The success of Turkish-backed opposition forces in toppling Bashar al ...

Turkey shuts down Ankara airspace after business jet carrying Libya's top military commander crashes. Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad is ...