Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 , 07:50 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday slammed as "unacceptable" a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.