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Turkish army airstrike, soldiers kill 20 Kurdish PKK militants
Sep 02, 2016 11:57Nearly two dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group have been killed after Turkish military aircraft and army soldiers carried out a string of counter-terrorism operations against the militants in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari.
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Turkish, Kurdish forces in Syria agree to stop fighting: US official
Aug 30, 2016 15:26A US military official says Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria have reached a "loose agreement" to stop fighting each other.
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About 50 Turkish tanks in Syrian city of Jarablus: Head of Kurdish group
Aug 29, 2016 09:09The head of a Kurdish group in Syria says about 50 Turkish tanks have been deployed to northern Syria, where the Turkish military earlier entered in an operation against Kurds and the Daesh terrorist group.
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Syrian army, Kurdish forces reach deal on Hasakah truce
Aug 23, 2016 15:52Syrian government troops and Kurdish forces, who recently engaged in clashes in Hasakah, have reached an agreement to stop fighting in the contested northeastern Syrian city.
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Kurdish forces breach truce with government in Syria’s Hasakah
Aug 22, 2016 09:43Kurdish forces in the Syrian city of Hasakah have violated a ceasefire agreement they had struck with Syrian army forces hours earlier.
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Support for Kurdish militia part of 'dirty calculations': Erdogan
Jul 03, 2016 10:09Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says certain countries support Syrian Kurdish militants and Daesh terrorists as part of a regional plot.
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Turkey parliament grants immunity to security, armed forces
Jun 24, 2016 09:38Turkey's parliament has passed legislation that grants immunity to security and armed forces involved in “counter-terrorism” operations, amid a Turkish crackdown on separatist Kurdish groups.