Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 15:36 AFP — Turkey on Sunday ruled out the risk of a clash with American forces in its operation in Syria, saying there were no US troops in the area where the campaign was taking place.

Sunday, 21 January, 2018 , 15:30 AFP — Turkish air raids killed eight civilians on Sunday in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin, according to a war monitor and a spokesman for the Kurdish forces that control the area.

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.