Monday, 26 September, 2016 , 11:49 AFP — Three members of the Turkish security forces were killed and seven others wounded on Monday in a roadside bombing by Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey, media reported.

Monday, 26 September, 2016 , 08:36 AFP — Two members of the Turkish security forces were killed and eight others wounded on Monday in a roadside bombing by Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey, local media reported.

Sunday, 25 September, 2016 , 12:07 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey could join a US-led operation in Syria to retake the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqa only if Kurdish fighters are not involved, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Saturday, 24 September, 2016 , 12:35 AFP — A Turkish soldier and a village guard were killed on Saturday in separate clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey's restive southeast, local media reported.

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.