
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday his country’s air force jets joined in the air operation backing Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from ISIL Takfiris. “Our air forces took part in the coalition forces’ air operations in Mosul,” Yildirim told his ruling ...

The Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped airstrike on Aleppo as of 0700 GMT on Tuesday, Russia’s defense minister said, in a move he said was meant to pave the way for an eight-hour truce on October 20. “Strikes in the Aleppo region by the Russian and Syrian air ...