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Turkey detains 718 over alleged Kurdish militant links: interior ministry


Monday, 15 February, 2021 , 12:44 AFP

Erdogan accuses US of backing 'terrorists' in Iraq


Monday, 15 February, 2021 , 12:05 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the United States of siding with "terrorists" after blaming outlawed Kurdish militants of executing 13 Turks in northern Iraq.

Erdogan accuses US of backing 'terrorists' in Iraq


Monday, 15 February, 2021 , 11:37 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the United States of siding with "terrorists", after Ankara said outlawed Kurdish militants had executed 13 Turks in Iraq.

Kurdish rebels executed 13 Turks in north Iraq: Ankara


Sunday, 14 February, 2021 , 18:05 AFP Turkey on Sunday accused Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels of executing 13 Turkish nationals, mainly members of the security forces, whom they had held captive in northern Iraq.

Syria Kurds hand Baghdad 100 alleged IS fighters: Iraq security source


Sunday, 14 February, 2021 , 14:00 AFP A US-backed Kurdish force in northeast Syria handed over 100 alleged Islamic State group fighters to Baghdad this week, a senior Iraqi security source told AFP on Sunday.

Three Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq


Thursday, 11 February, 2021 , 09:41 AFP Three Turkish soldiers have died in a new offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, the Turkish defence ministry said on Thursday.

14 killed this year in Syria camp holding IS fighters' relatives


Monday, 8 February, 2021 , 15:32 AFP At least 14 killings, including three beheadings, have rocked a northeast Syria camp holding families linked to the Islamic State group since early January, a Kurdish official said Monday.

Rights group slams Turkey's 'illegal' transfer of Syria detainees


Wednesday, 3 February, 2021 , 10:15 AFP Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned the "illegal transfers" to Turkey of more than 60 Syrians arrested by Ankara and its local proxies in Syria's northeast in 2019.

Charity urges children in NE Syria camps be repatriated faster


Tuesday, 2 February, 2021 , 12:09 AFP Save the Children Monday urged Iraq and Western countries to scale up efforts to bring home families from Syrian camps housing civilians displaced by the fight against the Islamic State group.

One killed in northeast Syria pro-government protest


Sunday, 31 January, 2021 , 19:05 AFP Kurdish security forces opened fire on pro-government protesters in northeast Syria Sunday, killing one person and wounding several others, a monitor and state media said, as tensions rise between the sides.