Recep Tayyip Erdogan Suffers Worst Defeat in Two Decades in Turkey’s Local Elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP suffered their worst defeat in more than twenty years in local elections.

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Turkey’s Erdogan Gears Up for Another Incursion into Syria and Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be preparing for another military incursion into the border regions of Syria and Iraq to fight the PKK, a violent Kurdish separatist group seen by Erdogan’s government as the primary threat to Turkey’s security.

Report: Southern Iraq Lost 80% of Its Christians

The Kurdish news outlet Rudaw estimated in a report published Thursday that the southern Iraqi city of Basra lost 80 percent of its Assyrian, Chaldean, and Syriac Christians in the past two decades as a result of extreme persecution by jihadist groups.

Iran's Terrorist IRGC Vows More Bombings After Killing Kurdish Baby in Iraq

Iran's IRGC on Monday vowed to continue missile campaigns "until avenging the last drops of martyrs' blood."

Lone Assyrian Lawmaker in Turkish Parliament Reads Christmas Message in Syriac, Outraging Nationalists

Turkish lawmaker George Aslan caused a controversy by delivering a Christian message to Assyrians in their Syriac language.