US Shifts Drones From Iraq to Turkey

The United States has removed Predator drones from Iraq and deployed them to Turkey in support of Ankara's fight against Kurdish rebels. In one aspect of the precipitous withdrawal from Iraq, equipment like drones are being freed up for use in other countries in the...

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Turkey Used Chemical Weapons on PKK, Activists Say

Turkish rights groups are investigating claims by Kurdish activists that Ankara used chemical weapons in last month's air raids on separatist militants. Graphic pictures of blackened and dismembered corpses of over 24 members of the Kurdistan's Worker's Party (PKK)...

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Turkish Tanks Move Deep into Iraq, Maybe

Turkish forces again crossed the border into northern Iraq in what is being described as the busiest border activity since Kurdish rebels killed 24 Turkish soldiers last week. No reports of casualties have as yet surfaced, but clashes may be underway.

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