The trial of 36 people accused over a deadly bombing in central Istanbul last November began Tuesday, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish intelligence forces killed Islamic State leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi in Syria.
Israeli media report that high-ranking officials in their country have pointed to the Quds Force, one of five branches of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence, is behind the foiled plot to bomb a Jewish restaurant and an attached cultural and religious center in Athens. Israelis say a […]
The recent arrests of Pakistani nationals with intentions of attacking Israeli targets on Greek soil has brought to the fore a multifaceted spy game.
Greek security forces, aided by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where on the trail of the suspects plotting a terrorist strike in central Athens by November 2022, three months after the Israelis had contacted the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP) with concerns about a strike in Greece.
Two men accused of planning a Passover attack on a Jewish center in central Athens have been remanded in pre-trial custody after appearing in court to answer to terrorism charges.
The building of a Turkish opposition party in Istanbul was hit by two bullets overnight, its leader said on Friday, in what she described as an attempt to scare party members ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month.
Two suspects of Pakistani origin are set to appear before an investigating magistrate on Friday on charges of planning an attack on a Jewish center in the busy downtown area of Psyri.
One of the two Pakistani nationals arrested for planning to bomb a Jewish restaurant in central Athens, which doubled as a cultural and religious center, has already admitted his part in the plan, Kathimerini understands.
Greek authorities said police were continuing searches in Athens and other parts of the country Wednesday following the arrest of two suspects accused of planning an attack at Jewish center in a busy downtown area of the Greek capital.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has congratulated Greek Police (ELAS) and the country’s intelligence agency (EYP) for preventing a terrorist attack planned against at least one Jewish site in Athens.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday said his country’s intelligence agency Mossad helped Greece prevent a terrorist attack planned against at least one Jewish site in Athens.
The Hellenic Police said Tuesday that in a coordinated operation with the country’s National Intelligence Service (EYP), they had “dismantled a terrorist network that, guided from abroad, was planning attacks against carefully selected targets within Greece.”
Greek police said on Tuesday they had arrested two men suspected members of a group that was planning an attack against a Jewish restaurant in Athens, a case which Israel said was orchestrated from Iran.
Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said Tuesday.
The US embassy in Turkey warned Americans on Monday of possible attacks against churches, synagogues, and diplomatic missions in Istanbul, marking its second such notice in four days, following Koran-burning incidents in Europe.
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