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Turkish shelling kills six Syrian Kurd fighters: monitor


Thursday, 8 September, 2016 , 07:10 AFP Heavy Turkish shelling across the border into Syria killed six US-backed Kurdish fighters and wounded several civilians, a monitoring group said on Thursday.

8 Kurdish rebels killed in northwest Iran: state media


Wednesday, 7 September, 2016 , 12:53 AFP Eight members of the rebel Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) have been killed in clashes with security forces along the Iraqi border, state media reported Wednesday.

In Turkey, Kurds begin hunger strike over jailed leader


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 16:03 AFP A group of 50 Kurdish activists, including MPs, on Monday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of news about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

US envoy visits Kurds in Syria amid Turkey tensions


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 13:23 AFP Washington dispatched a top envoy to meet with allied Kurdish forces inside Syria last week, a State Department official said Monday, following tensions after Turkey began operations in the war-torn country.

In Turkey, Kurds begin hunger strike over jailed leader


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 12:38 AFP A group of Kurdish activists including MPs on Monday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of news about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

IS ousted from Turkey border as Syria army besieges Aleppo


Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 20:04 AFP Islamic State jihadists were expelled from their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey said Sunday, as Syrian forces again laid seige to rebel strongholds in war-torn Aleppo.

Turkish jets destroy Kurdish rebel, IS targets


Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 15:23 AFP Ankara stepped up its fight against militants in Turkey and northern Syria with air strikes on Kurdish rebel positions in the restive southeast and IS extremists in northern Syria, security sources said Sunday.

Turkish jets destroy Kurdish rebel targets: state media


Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 10:38 AFP Turkish warplanes have destroyed 10 Kurdish rebel positions in the restive southeast as Ankara steps up its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), state media reported on Sunday.

Turkish jets destroy Kurdish rebel targets: state media


Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 09:15 AFP Turkish warplanes have destroyed 10 Kurdish rebel positions in the restive southeast as Ankara steps up its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), state media reported on Sunday.

Fourteen killed in attack, clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey


Saturday, 3 September, 2016 , 11:07 AFP Turkish security forces suffered a bloody 24 hours after 13 soldiers and a village guardsman were killed in three separate incidents in the country's east and southeast, blamed on Kurdish militants.