Tag: YPG
France is abetting terrorists, says Erdogan
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by “hosting them” at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between...
Turkey or Kurdish YPG militia? Pick a side, Turkish minister tells...
PARIS: Turkey warned France on Thursday that it needed to choose who it wanted as an ally to fight Islamic State in Syria, and...
Six Turkish security force members killed in Kurdish militant attack
DIYARBAKIR: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants staged an attack near a military base in southeast Turkey’s Siirt province, killing six Turkish security force members...
Turkey says kills 11 Kurdish militants, two Turkish soldiers killed
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s military killed 11 Kurdish militants in its southern Hatay province bordering Syria overnight, the governor’s office said on Tuesday, and the army...
Syria’s Afrin town surrounded by Turkish forces
ANKARA: Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have encircled the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish armed forces said on Tuesday, a substantial...
Pause in some operations against ISIS due to Turkish offensive, admits...
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that a Turkish offensive against a US-backed militia in Syria had affected the fight against Islamic State and...
Turkish bombardment kills 13 in Syria’s Afrin: YPG, monitor
BEIRUT: Turkish shelling and air strikes killed 13 people in the town of Jandiris in Syria’s Afrin region on Monday, Kurdish militia said, while...
Eight Turkish soldiers killed by Kurdish fighters in Afrin
ANKARA: Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed and a further 13 wounded in an attack by Kurdish fighters in the North-Western Syrian enclave of...
Turkish army launches new strikes on YPG militants in Afrin
AFRIN: The Turkish army said it launched new strikes on Saturday against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting...
