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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.

Turkish army, Syrian Kurdish militia in new clashes: army


Friday, 28 April, 2017 , 19:06 AFP New clashes erupted Friday between the Turkish army and a Syrian Kurdish militia seen as a terror group by Ankara but as a key ally by the United States in the fight against jihadists, the Turkish army said.

Turkish army, Syrian Kurdish militia in new clashes: army


Friday, 28 April, 2017 , 14:23 AFP New clashes erupted Friday between the Turkish army and a Syrian Kurdish militia seen as a terror group by Ankara but as a key ally by the United States in the fight against jihadists, the Turkish army said.

Turkish army, Syrian Kurdish militia in new clashes: reports


Thursday, 27 April, 2017 , 16:46 AFP New clashes erupted on Thursday between the Turkish army and a Syrian Kurdish militia regarded as a terror group by Ankara but seen by the United States as a key ally in the fight against jihadists, reports said.

Turkish woman jailed for 'terror propaganda' in TV phone-in


Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 , 20:33 AFP A Turkish court on Wednesday handed a woman who phoned into a top television talk show to complain about military operations in the Kurdish-dominated southeast a one year and three month sentence for "terror propaganda."

Turkey says US, Russia informed of strikes on Kurd militia


Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 , 19:39 AFP Turkey insisted Wednesday that it had informed the United States and Russia before launching strikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, as Moscow blasted the bombing raids as "unacceptable" and new border clashes erupted.