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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 , 19:22 AFP — Fighting erupted on Wednesday along Syria's northeastern border between Turkish forces and Kurdish militiamen, as tensions boiled over in the aftermath of deadly Turkish air strikes the previous day.

Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 , 18:21 AFP — Syrian Kurdish forces called on Wednesday for a no-fly zone across the country's north in response to deadly Turkish air strikes the previous day.

Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 , 18:17 AFP — Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday said Turkey's bombing raids against Syrian Kurds were unacceptable and called on all sides to show restraint.