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Two Turkish soldiers killed, dozens wounded in car bombing


Tuesday, 12 April, 2016 , 09:14 AFP A car bomb exploded at a military post in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, killing two soldiers and wounding nearly 50 people, a military source said on Tuesday.

One killed, 47 injured in Turkey car bombing: military source


Tuesday, 12 April, 2016 , 06:50 AFP A car bomb exploded at a military post in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, killing a soldier and wounding nearly 50 people, a military source said on Tuesday.

Iraq forces fight to retake chemical attack town: commanders


Sunday, 10 April, 2016 , 17:28 AFP Iraqi Shiite paramilitary forces have launched an operation to retake a town from which the Islamic State group launched a chemical weapons attack that killed three children, commanders said Sunday.

Turkey breaks Kurdish militant cell 'preparing attack': report


Sunday, 10 April, 2016 , 14:18 AFP Turkish police have smashed a cell of Kurdish militants in a usually tranquil region between Istanbul and Ankara who had hoarded explosives, guns and suicide vests, the Dogan news agency reported Sunday.

Five Turkish police killed in Kurdish militant attacks: report


Thursday, 7 April, 2016 , 14:50 AFP Kurdish militants killed five members of the Turkish security forces on Thursday in a series of clashes and bomb attacks in a town under a military lockdown in the southeast of the country, the Dogan news agency reported.

Turkey arrests 'would-be PKK female suicide bomber' in Ankara: reports


Wednesday, 6 April, 2016 , 16:32 AFP Turkey has arrested a female militant affiliated to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) suspected of planning to carry out a suicide attack, a report said Wednesday.

18 dead in Syrian rebel shelling on Kurdish area: monitor


Wednesday, 6 April, 2016 , 10:25 AFP A pregnant woman and three children were among 18 civilians killed when Syrian rebels shelled a Kurdish neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo, a monitor said Wednesday.

Erdogan proposes stripping Kurdish rebel backers of Turkish citizenship


Tuesday, 5 April, 2016 , 21:51 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday proposed stripping Turkish citizenship from supporters of Kurdish rebels waging a deadly insurgency against the security forces.

Syrian opposition figure withdraws from Kurdish-Arab alliance


Tuesday, 5 April, 2016 , 17:02 AFP Veteran opposition figure Haytham Manna told AFP on Tuesday he has withdrawn from the Syrian Democratic Council, a Kurdish-Arab alliance based in northeast Syria that he co-chaired.

Erdogan proposes stripping Kurdish rebel backers of Turkish citizenship


Tuesday, 5 April, 2016 , 16:14 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday proposed stripping Turkish citizenship from supporters of Kurdish rebels waging a deadly insurgency against the security forces.