Watch This Armored Car Make It Home On Nothing But Shredded Tires
They are supposed to be run-flat, not run-shred tires, but this Turkish Otobar Cobra armored gets around pretty well riding on rims. Turkey's Otobar is somewhat analogous to French armored combat vehicle builder Panhard's VBL, and it can be similarly reconfigured for almost any mission. Read more...
About 60,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey as Islamic State advances
Source: Reuters - AlertNet Country: Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey Kurds fear Islamic State attack on Syrian town IS fighters have swept over villages in northern Syria Some 60,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey - deputy PM (Updates number of refugees, adds mayor, more vox pop) By Daren Butler SURU ...
Turkey frees hostages held by ISIL in Iraq
Forty-six Turkish hostages seized by fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June have been brought safely back to Turkey by the country's intelligence agency, according to Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's prime ...
IS Attacks Send Thousands of Syrian Kurds Fleeing to Turkey
SURUC, TURKEY- Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, fleeing an advance by Islamic State fighters who have seized dozens of villages close to the border and are advancing on a Syrian town. Arab media reported the ...
