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Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town
Middle East
December 23, 2018
Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian war monitor and Turkish media say Turkey is massing troops near a town in…
Turkey warns US of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria
World
May 11, 2017
Turkey warns US of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could…
US-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam
Middle East
March 27, 2017
US-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam
A US-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by…
Iraqi Kurds’ destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW
Middle East
November 13, 2016
Iraqi Kurds’ destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW
Iraqi Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in northern Iraq unlawfully destroyed Arab homes in scores of towns and villages in…
Dozens killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast: sources
Middle East
March 28, 2016
Dozens killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast: sources
A local elected official was killed in Turkey's strife-hit southeast on Monday after a weekend of violence that also claimed…
Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw
Middle East
February 14, 2016
Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw
Turkey's military shelled Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria on Saturday and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded that the group…
Turkey warns US, Russia over support for Syrian Kurds
Middle East
October 14, 2015
Turkey warns US, Russia over support for Syrian Kurds
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday warned the United States and Russia against "unacceptable" military and political support for…
Victories over Islamic State give Syria Kurds claim to bigger role
Middle East
June 17, 2015
Victories over Islamic State give Syria Kurds claim to bigger role
With a string of victories over Islamic State, Syria's Kurds are proving themselves an ever more dependable ally in the…
Islamic State battling Kurdish forces in northeast Syria
World
March 11, 2015
Islamic State battling Kurdish forces in northeast Syria
Hundreds of Islamic State fighters have launched an attack on Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, triggering fierce fighting that has…
Monitor: Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria
World
March 10, 2015
Monitor: Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria
About 95 captives, including Kurdish fighters, escaped from an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria but most have been recaptured,…