Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:51 AFP — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the Kurdish rebel PKK, who have waged a decades-long insurgency against Ankara, were "probably" a bigger terror threat than the Islamic State group.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:43 AFP — President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that he had given Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "green light" to launch operations against Kurdish militants in Syria.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:37 AFP — Syrian regime troops and Russian soldiers on Wednesday entered the key border town of Kobane, following a deal struck with Kurdish authorities amid a deadly Turkish offensive, a war monitor said.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:37 AFP — The UN Security Council warned in a unanimously adopted statement Wednesday of a risk of "dispersion" of jihadist prisoners in Syria, but stopped short of calling for a halt to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces there.
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Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:21 AFP — A senior US administration official insisted Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pullout from Syria will not change his hard line on Iran, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:02 AFP — The UN Security Council warned in a unanimously adopted statement Wednesday of a risk of "dispersion" of jihadist prisoners in Syria, but stopped short of calling for a halt to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces there.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:01 AFP — Hundreds of Syrian Kurds entered neighbouring Iraqi's Kurdish autonomous region on Wednesday, fleeing a Turkish invasion, an official said.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:59 AFP — Syrian regime troops and Russian soldiers on Wednesday entered the key border town of Kobane, following a deal struck with Kurdish authorities amid a deadly Turkish offensive, a war monitor said.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:55 AFP — President Donald Trump defended his actions in Syria Wednesday as "strategically brilliant," disparaging the Kurdish allies he abandoned in the face of a Turkish offensive as "not angels."
