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Hundreds of Syrian Kurds protest in beleaguered Afrin


Tuesday, 6 February, 2018 , 14:39 AFP Hundreds of Kurds bussed in from across northern Syria demonstrated Tuesday in Afrin in a show of solidarity with residents of the enclave that Turkey attacked last month.

Iraqi Kurds say 4,000 jihadists detained including foreigners


Tuesday, 6 February, 2018 , 14:19 AFP

Erdogan warns US to quit Syria's Manbij


Tuesday, 6 February, 2018 , 11:12 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the United States to withdraw any American forces from the Syrian town of Manbij, vowing Turkish troops would expand a cross-border military operation to the key strategic hub.

Pope offers peace token in meeting with Erdogan


Monday, 5 February, 2018 , 20:23 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday while police enforced a protest ban in central Rome as feelings ran high over Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria.

Lebanon Kurds protest Turkey's Syria offensive


Monday, 5 February, 2018 , 14:21 AFP Hundreds of Kurds protested in Lebanon on Monday against Turkey's military offensive in Syria's Kurdish enclave of Afrin.

In Syria's Afrin, locals mobilise to defend hometown against Turkey


Monday, 5 February, 2018 , 04:55 AFP Ammunition belts slung over their shoulders, voices cracking from the chanting, dozens of young Syrian Kurds amassed in Afrin's town square to enlist in the "resistance" movement against a Turkish-backed assault.

Two more Turkish soldiers killed in Syria offensive: army


Sunday, 4 February, 2018 , 19:26 AFP Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Sunday in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria, the army said, bringing to 16 the number killed so far in the incursion.

Syria's Afrin urges Russia to oppose Turkish-led assault


Sunday, 4 February, 2018 , 16:51 AFP Thousands protested in Syria's Afrin Sunday as local authorities called on world powers to intervene to halt a Turkish-led assault, accusing Russia of complicity in civilian deaths in the region.

Erdogan says premature to say who supplied Syria tank weapon


Sunday, 4 February, 2018 , 16:37 AFP Turkey has information concerning the source of an anti-tank missile that killed five Turkish soldiers in Syria but it is too early to announce its country of origin, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

Syria's Afrin urges Russia to oppose Turkish-led assault


Sunday, 4 February, 2018 , 14:48 AFP Local authorities in Syria's Afrin called on Sunday for world powers to intervene to halt a Turkish-led assault on their region, accusing Russia of complicity in civilian deaths there.