Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 14:23 AFP — Turkey has arrested two Czech nationals on suspicion of fighting for the Syrian Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), seen as a terror group by Ankara but an ally by Washington, a Czech official and Turkish reports said Thursday.
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 14:05 AFP — Iraq's premier and its Kurdish regional chief were publicly at odds Thursday over territorial control after the recapture of Mosul, even with the battle for the city far from over.
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 13:59 AFP — Turkish police on Thursday detained the pro-Kurdish co-mayor of the southeastern city of Van, expanding a crackdown on municipal chiefs throughout the region that has sparked international concern.
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 12:05 AFP — Turkey has arrested two Czech nationals on suspicion of fighting for the Syrian Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), seen as a terror group by Ankara but an ally by Washington, reports said Thursday.
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 10:03 AFP — Turkish police on Thursday detained the pro-Kurdish co-mayor of the southeastern city of Van in the latest raids targeting municipal chiefs, expanding a widespread crackdown that has sparked international concern.
Thursday, 17 November, 2016 , 08:30 AFP — Turkish police on Thursday detained the pro-Kurdish co-mayor of the eastern city of Van, the latest in a series of raids targeting municipal chiefs in the region, state media said.
Wednesday, 16 November, 2016 , 22:59 AFP — The US-led international coalition battling to defeat the Islamic State group is not backing a drive by Turkish forces and Syrian rebels to retake a jihadist stronghold in northern Syrian, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 , 16:01 AFP — European satellite TV operator Eutelsat has been ordered to reconnect the signal of Kurdish channel Newroz TV, one month after bowing to Turkish pressure to take it off the air.
Monday, 14 November, 2016 , 16:08 AFP — Hundreds of people, including children, returned to the devastated Kurdish-dominated city of Sirnak in southeast Turkey on Monday after an eight-month curfew was relaxed, an AFP photographer said.
Monday, 14 November, 2016 , 03:37 AFP — Turkey is heading to a referendum on granting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan new powers as early as next spring, ratcheting up tensions amid a crackdown on dissent and pro-Kurdish politicians, analysts say.
