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Pressing Syria offensive, Turkey urges US pullback


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 15:36 AFP Turkey on Saturday urged the United States to withdraw personnel from a Kurdish-held town in northern Syria after Washington told Ankara it would stop arming a Syrian Kurdish militia that Turkey is fighting.

Afrin hospital fears Turkey offensive will lead to 'tragedy'


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 13:42 AFP Health workers in the northern Syrian town of Afrin fear that a Turkish offensive on the Kurdish-held enclave will lead to a humanitarian "tragedy" as medicines run short and the number of civilian casualties keeps rising.

Pressing Syria offensive, Turkey urges US pullback


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 13:26 AFP Turkey on Saturday urged the United States to withdraw personnel from a Kurdish-held town in northern Syria after Washington told Ankara it would stop arming a Syrian Kurdish militia that Turkey is fighting.

Turkey urges US to 'immediately' withdraw from Manbij in Syria


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 12:48 AFP Turkey on Saturday urged the United States to "immediately withdraw" its personnel from Manbij in northern Syria, a city held by a Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara is fighting in an offensive launched last week.

US tells Ankara will stop arming Syrian Kurd militia: Turkey


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 10:46 AFP The US has reiterated a pledge to Turkey to stop arming a Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara is fighting, the Turkish presidency said Saturday, after the allies' ties were strained by Turkey's offensive in Syria.

Kurds in Germany protest Turkish Syria offensive


Saturday, 27 January, 2018 , 10:41 AFP Hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday in protest over Turkey's offensive in northern Syria, as German officials warned against tensions between the country's huge Kurdish and Turkish communities.

Turkish forces prepare for long haul on Syria frontline


Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 21:31 AFP Only a few olive groves separate Turkish special forces and allied Syrian rebels from Kurdish militia fighters as the crash of mortar fire echoes on the frontline of Ankara's offensive inside Syria.

Turkey's offensive in Syria: a timeline


Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 17:47 AFP Turkey's army launched a major air and ground operation in northern Syria a week ago in a bid to oust a US-allied Kurdish militia that it considers a terror group.

Erdogan threatens to expand Syria offensive despite criticism


Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 15:45 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey's offensive in Syria against a Kurdish militia, despite rising concern and calls for restraint from the US and other Western allies.

Trump says almost 100% of territory regained from IS


Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 15:21 AFP US President Donald Trump said Friday that US-backed coalition forces had won back almost 100 percent of territory occupied by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.