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Turkey says US arming Kurdish fighters in Syria 'unacceptable': deputy PM


Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 , 07:36 AFP

US to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria


Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 , 21:55 AFP The United States on Tuesday announced it would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria, a move likely to anger key ally Turkey which considers the Kurdish forces to be terrorists.

US to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria


Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 , 19:57 AFP The United States on Tuesday announced it would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria, a move sure to anger key ally Turkey which considers the Kurdish forces to be terrorists.

White House approves supply of weapons to YPG in Syria: US official


Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 , 17:46 AFP US President Donald Trump has approved the supplying of weapons to Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in Syria, a US official said Tuesday.

IS attack on Kurdish base in Iraq kills two


Sunday, 7 May, 2017 , 10:46 AFP Suicide attackers from the Islamic State group killed two Kurdish peshmerga forces Sunday in an operation against a base in northern Iraq, officers said.

No visa for Kurdish journalist awarded Austrian prize


Wednesday, 3 May, 2017 , 15:35 AFP A Kurdish journalist awarded an Austrian press freedom prize will be unable to receive it in person after failing to obtain a visa, Austria's Concordia Press Club said Wednesday.

Residents forced to leave historic Turkish district hit by violence


Monday, 1 May, 2017 , 14:27 AFP Residents of Turkey's historic Sur district in the Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakir were forced to evacuate their homes by Monday as the violence-wracked region undergoes restoration.

US-backed forces seize 80% of Syria's Tabqa from IS: monitor


Monday, 1 May, 2017 , 07:05 AFP US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on Monday, a week after they first entered the town.

Erdogan seeks to send Trump stern message on Syrian Kurds


Monday, 1 May, 2017 , 01:36 AFP By launching air strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters and threatening more action, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to send a tough message to Donald Trump in the hope of bringing about a major U-turn in US Syria policy.

Erdogan says 'saddened' by US flags with Syrian YPG


Sunday, 30 April, 2017 , 13:31 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Ankara was "seriously saddened" by footage showing American military vehicles operating close to the border with Syrian Kurdish fighters Turkey sees as a terror group.