Thursday, 29 August, 2019 , 12:09 AFP — Three pro-Kurdish mayors sacked by the Turkish government this month over alleged links to militants lambasted on Thursday a "political putsch" they vowed to challenge in court.

Tuesday, 27 August, 2019 , 14:29 AFP — Ever since the 2011 start of Syria's conflict, Turkey has pushed for a buffer zone on their shared border to handle refugees and thwart the emergence of an autonomous Kurdish region.

Tuesday, 27 August, 2019 , 12:04 AFP — The Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria said Tuesday their forces had started to withdraw from outposts along the Turkish border after a US-Turkish deal for a buffer zone there.

Tuesday, 27 August, 2019 , 10:56 AFP — The Kurdish authorities in northeast Syrian said Tuesday their forces had started to withdraw from outposts along the Turkish border after a US-Turkish deal for a buffer zone there.

Tuesday, 27 August, 2019 , 10:33 AFP —

Sunday, 25 August, 2019 , 12:45 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed and seven were wounded in a clash with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, the Turkish defence ministry said Sunday.

Saturday, 24 August, 2019 , 16:06 AFP — A US-Turkey operations centre aimed at creating a safe zone in northern Syria is operating at "full capacity", Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said Saturday.

Saturday, 24 August, 2019 , 12:12 AFP — Syria's Kurds said on Saturday they would support the implementation of a US-Turkey deal to set up a buffer zone in their areas along the Turkish border.

Friday, 23 August, 2019 , 18:47 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defended his government's decision to remove three pro-Kurdish mayors from office and accused them of serving "terrorists", in comments published in the official Anadolu news agency.

Thursday, 22 August, 2019 , 23:59 AFP — In a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria, boys and girls break out into giggles watching Charlie Chaplin's pranks, a rare treat thanks to a mobile cinema roving through the countryside.