Thursday, 15 March, 2018 , 11:32 AFP — Turkey on Thursday said it would oust Kurdish militia from the centre of Afrin in northern Syria "in a very short time", as pro-Ankara forces surrounded the city.

Thursday, 15 March, 2018 , 10:28 AFP — A prominent lawyer involved in a deal that saw some Islamic State jihadists given safe passage out of their Syrian bastion Raqa last year was found dead on Thursday, authorities said.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 19:39 AFP — Turkey turned up the heat on Syria's Afrin Wednesday, as pro-Ankara forces bombarded the Kurdish enclave and closed in on its main city.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 17:51 AFP — Turkey turned up the heat on Syria's Afrin Wednesday, launching deadly strikes on Damascus loyalists deployed around the Kurdish enclave and closing in on its main city.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 15:00 AFP — Turkey turned up the heat on Syria's Afrin Wednesday, launching deadly strikes on Damascus loyalists deployed around the Kurdish enclave and closing in on its main city.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 12:36 AFP — With Turkish-led forces nearly surrounding Syria's Afrin city, some panicked residents are attempting to flee, others are stocking food fearing a siege, and Kurdish fighters are digging in for a tough fight.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 11:58 AFP — Turkey turned up the heat on Syria's Afrin Wednesday, launching deadly strikes on Damascus loyalists deployed around the Kurdish enclave and closing in on its main city.

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 10:36 AFP — A top Syrian Kurdish official said on Wednesday that Turkish hopes of overrunning the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin by nightfall were just a "daydream."

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 10:24 AFP —

Wednesday, 14 March, 2018 , 09:48 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he hoped that the Kurdish-held Syrian city of Afrin would fall by the evening to Turkish forces who have surrounded it.