More than 70 countries commit to combat terror financing

Source: Associated Press By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — More than 70 countries committed Thursday to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. Participants at an international conference in Paris agreed to “fully criminalize” terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions […]

Ankara edging back to Washington’s side in Syria,

Source: Asia Times: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggested last weekend that the country’s ongoing operation to cut out a swash of Kurdish-dominated Syrian territory could stop short of the northeast, in contrast to recent proclamations. Those remarks, along with Ankara’s immediate public support for US-led airstrikes on targets linked to […]