Thursday, 12 July, 2018 , 15:56 AFP — Turkish authorities on Thursday released three French nationals after they were briefly detained in the Kurdish-majority southeast over alleged ties to outlawed Kurdish militants, a judicial source told AFP.

Thursday, 12 July, 2018 , 15:27 AFP — Turkish security forces on Thursday detained 16 suspects, including three French nationals, in the Kurdish-majority southeast over alleged ties to outlawed Kurdish militants, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Thursday, 5 July, 2018 , 20:43 AFP — Turkish authorities on Thursday arrested a woman who is an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after she had her asylum claim rejected by Norway and was deported, a report said.

Friday, 22 June, 2018 , 17:45 AFP — Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds marched Friday to protest Turkish strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would press an operation against its bases.

Tuesday, 19 June, 2018 , 13:44 AFP — Syria's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Turkish military patrols around the northern city of Manbij, launched the previous day under a deal with the United States.

Monday, 18 June, 2018 , 16:27 AFP — Turkey on Monday said it had started military patrols in an area around the Kurdish-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, in line with an agreement with the United States to scale down tensions in the region.

Monday, 18 June, 2018 , 16:25 AFP — Iraq's only Kurdish airline launched on Monday with a flight to Sweden, after years of delays owing to the Islamic State's offensive in the country.

Sunday, 17 June, 2018 , 20:51 AFP — Turkey's leading Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Sunday appeared on state television from his prison cell to denounce the government's "repressive regime", ahead of the presidential election next weekend.

Sunday, 17 June, 2018 , 20:15 AFP — Turkey's leading Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Sunday appeared on state television from his prison cell to denounce the government's "repressive regime", ahead of the presidential election next weekend.

Saturday, 16 June, 2018 , 08:45 AFP — Turkish police Saturday detained 19 people after deadly clashes erupted when a lawmaker from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party campaigned in a Kurdish town near the Syrian border, local media reported.