Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 , 10:05 AFP — On February 15, 1999, after a long manhunt, Turkey captured separatist Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan -- its public enemy number one -- and locked him away on a prison island.
Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 , 03:29 AFP — Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed Kurdish militant leader labelled the "nemesis" of the Turkish state, remains a highly influential figure in the Kurdish movement despite being cut off from the outside world.
Wednesday, 13 February, 2019 , 03:27 AFP — When Turkish authorities arrested Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan two decades ago, it struck a blow to his outlawed separatist group but experts say his influence remains significant as a key player in any future peace deal.
Tuesday, 12 February, 2019 , 11:23 AFP — German police on Tuesday raided and shuttered two publishing companies linked to banned militant group the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Monday, 11 February, 2019 , 17:38 AFP — US-led coalition air strikes on the last jihadist pocket in Syria on Monday killed 16 civilians, including at least seven children, a war monitor said.
Monday, 11 February, 2019 , 17:08 AFP — US-led coalition air strikes on the last jihadist pocket in Syria on Monday killed 16 civilians, including at least seven children, a war monitor said.
Monday, 11 February, 2019 , 13:48 AFP — Dozens of Turkish police blocked a march by pro-Kurdish opposition lawmakers in Istanbul on Monday that was organised in solidarity with a hunger striking MP who was released from prison last month.
Saturday, 9 February, 2019 , 20:30 AFP — The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday it had begun the "final battle" to oust the Islamic State group from the last scrap of territory it holds in eastern Syria.
Friday, 8 February, 2019 , 19:45 AFP — Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria prepared Friday for a push on the last remaining speck of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" where diehard jihadists and their families are holed up.
Friday, 8 February, 2019 , 17:46 AFP — The bar association in Diyarbakir, Turkey's biggest Kurdish-majority city, on Friday said three police officers should be treated as suspects in the 2015 murder of a prominent rights lawyer.
