Tuesday, 7 June, 2016 , 10:27 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hinted in televised remarks that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was behind a bomb attack in central Istanbul that left 11 people dead.
Monday, 6 June, 2016 , 14:15 AFP — Syrian regime troops supported by Russia and US-backed fighters pressed twin offensives against the Islamic State group Monday as pressure built on the jihadists' northern strongholds in the war-torn country.
Monday, 6 June, 2016 , 13:13 AFP — Syrian regime troops supported by Russia and US-backed fighters pressed twin offensives against the Islamic State group Monday as pressure built on the jihadists' northern strongholds in the war-torn country.
Sunday, 5 June, 2016 , 14:58 AFP — The co-leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said on Sunday he was "not afraid" of being put on trial after parliament scrapped the immunity of dozens of MPs in a hugely controversial move.
Saturday, 4 June, 2016 , 14:19 AFP — Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa Saturday, threatening to catch the jihadists in a pincer movement as US-backed Kurdish-led fighters advance from the north.
Saturday, 4 June, 2016 , 11:19 AFP — Russian-backed Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa Saturday, threatening to catch the jihadists in a pincer movement as US-backed Kurdish-led fighters advance from the north.
Friday, 3 June, 2016 , 15:36 AFP — The Turkish army on Friday completed a nearly three-month operation to eliminate the presence of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in a majority-Kurdish town in the southeast.
Tuesday, 31 May, 2016 , 10:33 AFP — US-backed Kurdish-led fighters have seized ground from the Islamic State group in Syria, a monitor said Tuesday, as the jihadists come under attack in their Fallujah bastion in neighbouring Iraq.
Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 18:43 AFP — Iraqi forces thrust into Fallujah Monday, ushering a new urban phase in the week-old operation to retake the jihadist bastion that also raised concerns over the fate of trapped civilians.
Monday, 30 May, 2016 , 15:45 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces wrapped up an operation east of the Islamic State group's northern hub of Mosul Monday after recapturing nine villages, a statement said.
