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Turkey arrests 4 Kurdish mayors amid Syria offensive

Oct 15, 2019 11:35

Turkey has arrested four mayors from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), in an apparent crackdown on critics of Ankara’s latest offensive against Syria.
HRW: Europe must repatriate Daesh inmates from Syria

Oct 15, 2019 09:39

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the transfer of the Daesh terror group’s European members from prisons in northern Syria to Iraq in the wake of an ongoing Turkish offensive, saying that the European states should instead repatriate them for prosecution.
US imposes sanctions on Turkey over Syria offensive

Oct 15, 2019 04:24

The United States has imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over the country's military offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Syria.
Syrian govt., not US, must protect Kurds against Turkey: Trump

Oct 15, 2019 02:31

US President Donald Trump says the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and other countries should be responsible for protecting the US-allied Kurds in northern Syria against a Turkish incursion, not the US which is "7,000 miles away" from Syria.
EU ministers condemn Turkey's Syria incursion

Oct 15, 2019 02:30

Arms sales to Turkey is a multi-billion euro business for European Union member states but the bloc's foreign affairs ministers have agreed to suspend these sales over Ankara's attacks, which commenced last week, on Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.
Syrian army troops enter key northern city of Manbij

Oct 14, 2019 17:22

Syrian government troops have entered the northern Kurdish-held city of Manbij on the sixth day of Turkey’s aggression against the Arab country, state media says.
EU censures Turkey’s Syria incursion, warns of consequences

Oct 14, 2019 13:27

The European Union has censured Turkey’s offensive against Kurds in northeastern Syria, warning about “dramatic consequences” of Ankara’s action.
Trump: 'Big sanctions on Turkey coming'

Oct 14, 2019 13:13

US President Donald Trump has said that "big sanctions" on Turkey are coming after its military launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
Normalization of ties with Zionist entity constitutes treason: Tunisia’s president-elect

Oct 14, 2019 09:48

Tunisia’s President-elect Kais Saied has denounced the idea of normalization of ties with the Zionist entity, saying any such move constitutes treason.
France, Germany suspend selling arms to Turkey over Syria operation

Oct 13, 2019 10:22

France and Germany have announced that they are imposing an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey over Ankara’s continued war on Kurds in northern Syria.