Turkey

• Turkish police detain 357 suspects in raids against the Islamic State group - Turkish police carried out further large-scale operations against the Islamic State group across Turkey on Tuesday, detaining 357 suspects, the interior minister said. The raids came a day after a deadly clash in the northwestern province
• Turkey and Armenia agree to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties - Turkey and Armenia have agreed to simplify visa procedures as part of efforts to normalize ties, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Monday, making it easier for their citizens to travel between the two countries. Relations between Turkey
• Court orders release of prominent Turkish journalist from prison pending appeal - A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of veteran journalist Fatih Altayli from prison pending the outcome of his appeal against a conviction for allegedly threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Altayli, 63, a longtime columnis
• Libya mourns military chief killed in Turkey plane crash - Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya’s military chief and four others who were killed in a plane crash in Turkey. The coffins of Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and two others were brought into a stadium in the coastal city
• Fenerbahce president detained in Istanbul drug investigation after positive narcotics test - The president of Fenerbahce, one of Turkey’s leading sports clubs, was taken into custody in Istanbul on Wednesday as part of a widening drug investigation that has ensnared prominent entertainment and media figures, state media reported.
• Search teams probe wreckage after Libyan army chief and 7 others are killed in Turkey plane crash - Search and recovery teams on Wednesday intensified their operations at the site of a plane crash that killed Libya’s military chief and other high-level officers, working to secure the area and locate the aircraft’s flight recorders after a
• Contact is lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief after takeoff from Turkey, official says - Turkey's air traffic controllers lost contact on Tuesday with a private jet carrying Libya’s military chief and four other people home after a visit to Turkey, the Turkish interior minister said. The minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said the Falco
• Thousands Greet Pope Leo in Lebanon, as He Prays at Beirut Blast Site - A prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut explosion and a waterfront Mass capped his three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the highest proportion of Christians.
• Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast - The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkey’s exclu
• Did Pope Leo Pray in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque? Not Visibly, at Least. - Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.