  Islamic State behind Turkey bombing: jihadist-linked media November 5, 2016 - 10:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A news outlet linked to the Islamic State jihadist group said Friday, November 4 that its fighters were behind a bombing that killed nine people in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, according to U.S.-based monitors, AFP reports. "An insider source for Amaq Agency: Fighters from the Islamic State detonated an explosives-laden vehicle parked in front of a Turkish police headquarters in Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey," the SITE Intelligence Group cited the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency as saying. In an audio message released earlier this week, reclusive IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi broke a nearly year-old silence to call for attacks against Turkey, as well as Saudi Arabia, and for his fighters to hold their ground in their stronghold of Mosul, Iraq. Ankara has troops stationed at a base just outside Mosul and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's escalating rhetoric has raised fears of an expanded Turkish military intervention in Iraq. Turkish authorities had blamed the blast outside a police station in Diyarbakir, Turkey's main majority-Kurdish city, on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the PKK had again showed its "ugly face" with the attack, AFP says. Turkey jailed the two leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party and 10 of the part's MPs, causing both the United States and the European Union to raise alarm.   Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
