Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 20:59 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed Turkey's campaign against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria would press on for as long as required, after telephone talks with Donald Trump failed to douse soaring tensions with Washington.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 20:35 AFP — Syria should intervene to stop Turkish warplanes flying over the northern district of Afrin, the local authority told AFP Thursday, the sixth day of Ankara's assault on the Kurdish-controlled enclave.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 17:36 AFP — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that member state Turkey had a right to act in self-defence as Ankara presses a military operation against Kurdish-held positions in northern Syria.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 17:34 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed Turkey's campaign against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria would press on for as long as required, after telephone talks with Donald Trump failed to douse soaring tensions with Washington.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 17:06 AFP — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that member state Turkey had a right to act in self-defence as Ankara presses a military operation against Kurdish-held positions in northern Syria.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 16:16 AFP — As Turkey presses its offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria, many Kurds feel let down, not for the first time, by Western powers.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 15:48 AFP — Tensions between Ankara and Washington over the Turkish army's operation in Syria escalated further on Thursday as Turkey accused the White House of misrepresenting a phone call between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 14:28 AFP — Cuma Kilicioglu was relaxing at his home watching television in a Turkish border town when rockets fired from neighbouring Syria slammed into his three-storey house.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 12:23 AFP — His house was damaged by Turkish bombardment and most neighbours have fled, but elderly Abu Jiwan says he refuses to abandon his northern Syrian hometown as long as he's still breathing.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 11:23 AFP — His house was damaged by Turkish bombardment and most neighbours have fled, but elderly Abu Jiwan says he refuses to abandon his northern Syrian hometown as long as he's still breathing.