Kurds

Turkey sentences Kurdish MP to over 16 years in jail

Jan 04, 2018 16:15

A member of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish opposition party has been sentenced to over 16 years in jail over terrorism-related charges.
US might be 'deceiving' Turkey on Kurdish militants

Nov 27, 2017 09:06

The US says it will continue to support Kurdish militants in eastern Syria, contradicting Turkey's foreign minister who claimed President Donald Trump had promised that Washington would not further arm the group.
Turkey says US has reneged on many promises to Ankara

Nov 17, 2017 10:53

Turkey says the United States has failed to live up to many of its promises to Ankara concerning Syria.
Kurdish militants aim to capture Syrian region, not fighting Daesh: Turkish FM

Nov 16, 2017 10:24

The Turkish foreign minister says a US-backed Kurdish militant group fighting in northern Syria aims to conquer the region under the cover of battling the Daesh Takfiri terror group.
Turkish army jets kill 11 Kurdish militants in southeast

Jul 11, 2017 07:34

At least 11 militants with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed as Turkey’s fighter jets bombed their positions in two areas of the country’s southeast overnight.
UN urges protection of 100k civilians trapped in Syria's Raqqah

Jun 28, 2017 23:41

The United Nations human rights chief says as many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqqah province, urging all sides fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, "including international forces", to spare their lives.
Turkey says returned fire on Kurdish YPG militants in Syria

Jun 28, 2017 03:55

The Turkish military claims it has fired back at US-backed Kurdish militia after they targeted the anti-Damascus militants it supports in Syria.
US to keep arming Syria Kurds after Raqqah: Mattis

Jun 27, 2017 13:30

Defense Secretary James Mattis says the United States will continue to provide weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria after the campaign to dislodge Daesh (ISIL) terrorists from Raqqah is over, an announcement that would further infuriate Turkey.
US sends truckloads of arms to Kurds in northern Syria: Reports

May 25, 2017 08:34

The US has dispatched over 100 trucks loaded with armaments and ammunition to the Kurdish-controlled northern Syrian city of Hasakah over the past weeks, Turkish and Kurdish media say.
Syrian Kurdish militias, Turkish military exchange cross-border fire

Mar 22, 2017 07:37

Cross-border tensions are rising between Kurdish militias in Syria and Turkey's military after a Turkish soldier was fatally shot from a Kurdish-controlled area in northwestern Syria.