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Syria envoy ducks talk of Assad future at UN meet


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 16:11 AFP Syria's government on Friday said it held "useful" talks with the United Nations envoy on a political solution to the conflict, but stopped short of meeting his call for clear plans on a new government.

Syria rebels reject Kurd federal region as move to partition


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 14:15 AFP Dozens of Syrian rebel factions on Friday condemned a Kurdish declaration of a federal region in the war-ravaged country's north as a step towards partition.

Erdogan urges Europe to stop backing Kurd rebels


Friday, 18 March, 2016 , 12:12 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 killed 35 people in Ankara.

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).