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Turkey's Erdogan urges Europe to stop backing Kurdish rebels


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 10:36 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on European countries to stop supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), days after a bombing claimed by Kurdish rebels that killed 35 people.

Bomb-laden car found outside govt building in southeast Turkey


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 10:12 AFP Police in southeastern Turkey defused an explosives-laden car found parked outside a government building days after a suicide car bombing in Ankara claimed by Kurdish rebels, security sources said Friday.

Turkey's Erdogan urges Europe to stop backing Kurdish rebels


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 09:50 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on European countries to stop supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) days after a bombing claimed by Kurdish rebels that killed 35 people.

Turkey's Erdogan urges Europe to stop backing Kurdish rebels


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 09:38 AFP

TAK, dissident Kurdish rebels behind Ankara car bomb


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 23:56 AFP The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), who claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide car bomb attack that killed 35 people in Ankara, is a widely regarded as a dissident offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Syria talks turn to substance as Kurds declare federal region


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 20:43 AFP The UN's envoy for Syria said he held "substantive" talks with the country's opposition Thursday on forging a unity government, but the fragile peace negotiations faced fresh hurdles after Syria's Kurds declared a federal region under their control.

TAK, dissident Kurdish rebels behind Ankara car bomb


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 20:33 AFP The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), who claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide car bomb attack that killed 35 people in Ankara, is a widely regarded as a dissident offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Kurdish group close to PKK claims deadly Ankara attack


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 20:23 AFP A radical Kurdish group with ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party on Thursday claimed responsibility for the suicide car bomb attack that killed 35 people in Ankara last weekend.

Pentagon chief praises Kurdish fighters in Syria


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 19:55 AFP US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday praised the fighting of Kurdish groups in Syria that have declared a federal region in areas of the country under their control.

Kurds declare federal region in north Syria


Thursday, 17 March, 2016 , 17:15 AFP Syria's Kurds on Thursday declared a federal region in areas under their control in the north of the conflict-riven country, a move rejected by both the government and opposition.