Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 15:22 AFP — Iranian officials on Sunday voiced support for efforts to end a dispute in neighbouring Iraq sparked by a Kurdish referendum on independence last year and underscored the need for Iraqi unity.

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Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 15:04 AFP — France on Sunday called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council as fighting escalated in Syria, pressing Turkey to halt its offensive against the Kurdish militia who have been battling jihadists.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 14:40 AFP — One Syrian refugee was killed and 32 people were wounded Sunday in rocket fire on a Turkish town close to the Syrian border, a local official said, a day after the Turkish army began a new operation against Kurdish militia in Syria.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 14:14 AFP — One Syrian refugee was killed and 32 people were wounded Sunday in rocket fire on a Turkish town close to the Syrian border, a local official said, a day after the Turkish army began a new operation against Kurdish militia in Syria.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:45 AFP — Syria's Kurds have largely avoided the conflict between the government and armed opposition, carving out a semi-autonomous region in the north and northeast of the war-torn country.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:41 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sunday of a "heavy price" for protests against Turkey's military operation against Syrian Kurdish militia, after the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to take to the streets.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:21 AFP — Turkish ground troops entered Syria on Sunday to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as France warned the operation risked harming the international fight against jihadists.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:17 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a "heavy price" Sunday for protests against his government's military operation targeting Syrian Kurdish militia, after the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to take to the streets.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 13:17 AFP — President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday condemned Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia in the northern Syrian region of Afrin, saying it was part of Ankara's support for extremist groups.