Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 , 16:26 AFP — Turkish security forces on Tuesday detained 10 people in a raid on a religious condolence gathering for the suicide bomber who killed 29 in last week's attack on a military bus convoy in Ankara.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 , 14:47 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl who was tricked into travelling to areas controlled by the Islamic State group, a statement said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 , 14:18 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl who was tricked into travelling to areas controlled by the Islamic State group, a statement said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 , 13:42 AFP — Turkey on Tuesday said it was not optimistic over the implementation of a Syria ceasefire announced by the United States and Russia, threatening to keep up retaliatory artillery strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters.

Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 , 12:12 AFP — Turkey insisted on Tuesday there was an indisputable link between Syrian Kurdish fighters and last week's deadly attack in Ankara, amid growing confusion over the identity of the bomber.

Monday, 22 February, 2016 , 14:06 AFP — A senior Turkish minister lashed out Monday at a European Parliament envoy after she accused security forces of rights violations in the violence-ravaged Kurdish-majority southeast.

Sunday, 21 February, 2016 , 14:45 AFP — Three journalists working for Turkish state-run news agency Anatolia were kidnapped and released on Sunday by members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, the agency said.

Sunday, 21 February, 2016 , 11:31 AFP — Three journalists working for Turkish state-run news agency Anatolia were abducted Sunday by members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, the agency said.

Sunday, 21 February, 2016 , 10:06 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended his country's fight against Kurdish fighters in Syria as "legitimate defence", after international powers urged Ankara to rein in its cross-border bombardments.

Saturday, 20 February, 2016 , 18:35 AFP — Turkey is to introduce new national security measures, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday, in the wake of a suicide car bombing in Ankara that killed 28 people.