Middle East

Turkey is still reverberating from the failed coup attempt on July 15. For President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it means a government purge of thousands or people and the detention of thousands more. It also means a crackdown on the press, including Turkey’s lively satirical press. Turkish President Erdogan (left) believes he can rid his country […]

The body of a gay Syrian man has been found beheaded and mutilated after a suspected kidnapping and rape in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, according to local media reports. Friends of Muhammad Wisam Sankari, who discovered his body, told Turkish LGBT rights group kaosgl.org that gangs had previously threantened both Sankari and themselves. Sankari was

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Dore Gold condemned the NGO World Vision’s transfer of funds to Hamas. In a published statement, Gold expressed his horror that “one of the largest charitable and humanitarian aid organizations in the world” gave “approximately $7.2 million to the military wing of Hamas…mainly to strengthen its terrorist arm.” That adds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he sees no difference between the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Kurdish separatist groups and the supporters of his rival Fethullah Gulen, the Daily Sabah reported. Erdogan is in the process of restructuring the armed forces after a shock coup attempt last month saw violence spark on the

After he was brutally attacked by an axe-wielding Arab terrorist, doctors predicted Tzvika Cohen might never recover. Comatose for three weeks and suffering severe injuries across his body, the staff at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem initially struggled just to keep Cohen alive. But this week, Cohen beat the odds, receiving a green-light to return