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Turkey vows to expand operation against Syria Kurds


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 20:09 AFP Turkey vowed Monday to expand its operation in northern Syria to other Kurdish-held areas after its troops and allied forces seized control of the city of Afrin in a major blow to the Kurds.

Czech prosecutors will not extradite Syrian Kurdish leader


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 19:24 AFP The Czech Republic on Monday said it would not extradite to Turkey a prominent Syrian Kurdish leader who was briefly detained in Prague last month, as Saleh Muslim has already left the country.

Turkey to investigate Afrin looting reports


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 19:12 AFP Turkey on Monday said it would investigate reports of looting by Ankara-backed forces who seized the Syrian city of Afrin a day earlier.

Kawa the blacksmith: Kurdish symbol of resistance


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 19:07 AFP Inside Syria's Afrin on Monday, the statue of a famous Kurdish hero hung battered and partly defaced from its mantle a day after Turkey-led forces overran the city.

British woman killed fighting alongside Kurds in Syria's Afrin


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 18:47 AFP A British woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the Syrian region of Afrin was killed in the Turkish-led offensive on the area, a spokeswoman for the forces said Monday.

Syria slams Turkey 'occupation' of Afrin, demands withdrawal


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 17:13 AFP Syria's foreign ministry on Monday slammed Turkey's takeover of Afrin, demanding it "immediately" pull its forces from the northwestern city.

Baghdad resumes paying salaries of Kurds frozen over vote


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 16:43 AFP Iraq's federal government said Monday it has resumed paying the salaries of Kurdish civil servants and peshmerga security forces which had been frozen for months over an independence referendum.

Turkey vows to expand operation against Syria Kurds


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 16:05 AFP Turkey vowed Monday to expand its operation in northern Syria to other Kurdish-held areas after its troops and allied forces seized control of the city of Afrin in a major blow to the Kurds.

Foreign powers 'spectators' to Turkish war crimes: Kurdish envoy


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 15:57 AFP A top Kurdish envoy on Monday accused the international community of being "spectators" as Turkish-led troops commit war crimes in Syria.

Who is the FSA, Turkey's allied force in Syria?


Monday, 19 March, 2018 , 15:25 AFP The pro-Ankara Syrian forces who helped the Turkish army oust Kurdish militia from the northern Syrian city of Afrin are an umbrella grouping of fighting brigades trained by Turkey into an increasingly effective fighting unit.