Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 12:20 AFP — Trapped in a basement for three days with his family as Turkey shelled their northern Syrian hometown, Merhi Hassan fled just in time to escape bombardment that almost killed his elderly father.

Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 12:16 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey's offensive in Syria against a Kurdish militia despite calls for restraint from its Western allies.

Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 10:01 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey's offensive against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities in the country's north to remove the presence of the Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara views as terrorists.

Friday, 26 January, 2018 , 09:24 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey's offensive against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities in the country's north to remove the presence of the Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara views as terrorists.

Thursday, 25 January, 2018 , 22:51 AFP — Turkey's European affairs ministers told the EU on Thursday to side with Ankara in its campaign against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria.

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.