Thursday, 20 December, 2018 , 09:42 AFP — A Syria troop pullout announced by the White House could allow the Islamic State group to rebuild, the Kurdish-dominated force battling the jihadists on the ground warned on Thursday.

Monday, 17 December, 2018 , 13:34 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed Turkey would remove a Kurdish militia viewed as terrorists by Ankara from northern Syria if the US failed to ensure fighters leave the east of the Euphrates.

Sunday, 16 December, 2018 , 18:44 AFP — A car bomb killed at least nine people including five civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Sunday, a British-based war monitor said.

Sunday, 16 December, 2018 , 14:47 AFP — A car bomb killed at least eight people including four civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Sunday, a British-based war monitor said.

Sunday, 16 December, 2018 , 12:11 AFP — A car bomb killed at least eight people including four civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Sunday, a British-based war monitor said.

Saturday, 15 December, 2018 , 15:42 AFP — Turkey on Saturday called on Baghdad to help it fight the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), invoking its right to self-defence to justify an incursion into Iraq.

Friday, 14 December, 2018 , 11:01 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey was determined to bring peace to areas east of the Euphrates controlled by a Kurdish militia after he warned this week of a new operation in Syria.

Thursday, 13 December, 2018 , 17:15 AFP — A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the continued detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas despite a European rights court ruling calling for his release, an official from his political party said.

Thursday, 13 December, 2018 , 00:08 AFP — Any unilateral military action in northern Syria would be "unacceptable", the Pentagon said Wednesday after Turkey announced it would launch an operation against a US-backed Kurdish militia.

Wednesday, 12 December, 2018 , 23:17 AFP — Any unilateral military action in northern Syria would be "unacceptable," the Pentagon warned Wednesday after Turkey said it would soon launch an operation against a US-backed Kurdish militia.