The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar told his Russian counterpart in a call on Thursday that Ankara would continue responding to attacks from northern Syria, after Russia asked Turkey to refrain from a full-scale Syria offensive.

Turkish drones are targeting key oil installations run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria, three local sources said, in air strikes which drew strong condemnation from the United States overnight.

Shamima Begum, now 23, was 15 when she went to Turkey from east London to join members of the so-called Islamic State before being found nine months pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

The full-back has ended speculation over departing the Light Blues for a return to Turkey. Besiktas and Galatasaray were both reported to be interested in a quckfire return for the 21-year-old.

The full back has struggled for game time which resulted in speculation of the former Besiktas man returning to his homeland but he's nipped that in the bud.

RANGERS star Rıdvan Yılmaz has ended transfer speculation linking him with a return to Turkey by insisting he has no intention of quitting Ibrox.

Local counter-terror operations against Islamic State - who continue to plot attacks against the West - are now on hold as Kurdish militants prepare to fight a ground war with Turkey

Turkey has stepped up air attacks on northern Syria since the November 13 Istanbul bombing.

Iraq announced on Wednesday it planned to redeploy federal guards along its border with Iran and Türkiye, after repeated bombardments from both neighboring countries against Kurdish, Turkish and Iranian rebel groups in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. The announcement appeared to respond in particular to Iran, which had publicly urged such…