Friday, 23 September, 2016 , 09:56 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of sending more weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia in defiance of Ankara's repeated insistence it is a "terrorist" organisation.

Thursday, 22 September, 2016 , 18:09 AFP — Washington is considering arming Syrian Kurdish forces who will join the offensive to retake the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqa, the US military's top officer said Thursday.

Monday, 19 September, 2016 , 18:54 AFP — Syrian Kurds, who have unilaterally proclaimed a federal region in the country's northeast, on Monday started carrying out a population census aimed at paving the way for local elections.

Monday, 19 September, 2016 , 18:00 AFP — Turkey has fired almost 28,000 teachers and suspended more than 9,000 others for suspected links to the failed July coup and Kurdish militants, deputy prime minister Nurettin Canikli said Monday.

Saturday, 17 September, 2016 , 13:47 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday in clashes with militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a southeastern town close to the Iraqi border, state media reported.

Friday, 16 September, 2016 , 16:41 AFP — The American flag was flown at a Syrian Kurdish base in northern Syria close to the Turkish border on Friday, a photographer working for AFP said, a day after the US urged against doing so.

Thursday, 15 September, 2016 , 09:53 AFP — Turkish air strikes in northern Syria in late August killed 24 civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, accusing Ankara of failing to properly identify the target and pro-Kurdish forces of grouping fighters together with civilians.

Thursday, 15 September, 2016 , 09:45 AFP — Turkish air strikes in northern Syria in late August killed 24 civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, accusing Ankara of failing to properly identify the target and pro-Kurdish forces of grouping fighters together with civilians.

Wednesday, 14 September, 2016 , 09:52 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday blasted the United States' top diplomat in Ankara after the American embassy expressed concern over the ousting of two dozen mayors over suspected links to Kurdish rebels.

Monday, 12 September, 2016 , 12:43 AFP — The leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, is "in good health" and has called for an end to the Kurdish conflict, his brother said Monday after visiting him in jail.