Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 13:57 AFP — Turkey is sabotaging a US-brokered ceasefire deal by preventing Kurdish forces from evacuating a flashpoint border town in northeastern Syria, the top Kurdish commander told AFP Saturday.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 13:53 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned that Turkey would "crush the heads" of Kurdish forces if they did not withdraw from a proposed safe zone along the border under a US-brokered deal.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 13:29 AFP —

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 11:18 AFP — Turkish and Kurdish leaders accused each other of violating a US-brokered truce in northeastern Syria even as it appeared to be taking hold on its second day Saturday.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 10:06 AFP — Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baclavas from his Turkish neighbours in Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara's offensive in his hometown.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 09:32 AFP — Turkey on Saturday accused Kurdish forces of violating an agreement to suspend its Syria offensive if they withdraw from a "safe zone" along the border.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 09:06 AFP — Turkey on Saturday accused Kurdish forces of violating an agreement to suspend its Syria offensive if they withdraw from a "safe zone" along the border.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 08:53 AFP — Turkey on Saturday accused Kurdish forces of violating an agreement to suspend its Syria offensive if they withdraw from a safe zone along the border.

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 08:48 AFP —

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 , 04:56 AFP — US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has attacked President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from Syria as "a strategic nightmare" as scattered fighting flared in the north of the country despite a ceasefire deal.