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Eleven killed in attack, clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey


Saturday, 3 September, 2016 , 09:20 AFP — Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed 10 Turkish soldiers and a village guardsman in two separate incidents in Turkey, state media reported on Saturday.

Erdogan rejects claims US-backed Kurds have retreated


Friday, 2 September, 2016 , 00:54 AFP — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday dismissed claims that a US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia had retreated east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria following Turkish strikes against the group.

Erdogan says Syrian Kurd militia not moved east of Euphrates despite claims


Thursday, 1 September, 2016 , 23:34 AFP — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday dismissed claims that a Syrian Kurdish militia had retreated east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria following Turkish strikes against the group.

Erdogan says Syrian Kurd militia not moved east of Euphrates despite claims raz/pvh


Thursday, 1 September, 2016 , 22:44 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday dismissed claims that a Syrian Kurdish militia had retreated east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria.

Syria rebel gains as UN raps govt evacuation 'strategy'


Thursday, 1 September, 2016 , 19:29 AFP — Rebels and jihadists battled pro-government forces in the central Syrian province of Hama Thursday as the country's UN envoy warned that more people could be forcibly evacuated from towns besieged by the regime.

Turkey denies truce with Syrian Kurds despite lull


Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 , 18:18 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday denied a US claim it had agreed a truce with a Kurdish militia targeted as part of its week-old intervention in Syria but Turkish-backed fighters confirmed a lull in the fighting.

Kurdish activists call Turkey hunger strike over jailed leader's fate


Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 , 17:02 AFP — Kurdish campaigners in Turkey announced a hunger strike Wednesday to protest the lack of updates about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been denied visitors since summer 2015.

Turkey denies truce with Syrian Kurdish militia


Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 , 15:24 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria was "out of the question", denying a US claim the two sides had agreed to hold fire a week into Turkey's cross-border offensive.

Turkey denies truce with Kurdish-backed militia in Syria


Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 , 11:29 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday denied agreeing to a US-brokered truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria, saying it would not compromise with a "terrorist" group a week into an unprecedented cross-border offensive.

Turkey does 'not accept' ceasefire with Syrian Kurd militia


Wednesday, 31 August, 2016 , 08:36 AFP — Turkey on Wednesday said it did "not accept" US claims that it had agreed a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria.