Monday, 15 February, 2016 , 11:00 AFP — Russia said on Monday that Turkey's shelling of Kurdish and Syrian regime positions in the north of the country was a "provocative" action.

Monday, 15 February, 2016 , 10:54 AFP — Turkey will not allow the Syrian town of Azaz just across from the Turkish border to fall under the control of Syrian Kurdish fighters, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 19:29 AFP — Turkish police on Sunday clashed with pro-Kurdish protestors in a flashpoint district of Istanbul, leaving at least two wounded, an AFP photographer and reports said.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 19:27 AFP — Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold in Syria this week dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of advancing Kurdish militants and Washington demanded Moscow end air strikes on rebels.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 18:58 AFP — Turkey will continue to strike back at Kurdish fighters of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday, despite growing pressure on Ankara to stop the shelling.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 17:50 AFP — Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold in Syria this week dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of advancing Kurdish militants and Washington demanded Moscow end air strikes on rebels.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 16:36 AFP — Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold this week in Syria dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of Kurdish militants and Washington demanded Moscow end air strikes on rebels.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 16:32 AFP — After months of tensions, Turkey is taking on Syrian Kurdish fighters inside Syria in a move that risks inflaming tensions with its NATO ally the United States and complicating the search for peace after almost five years of civil war.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 16:22 AFP — A man was shot and critically injured at a pro-Kurdish rally in a Stockholm suburb at the weekend, police said on Sunday.

Sunday, 14 February, 2016 , 15:38 AFP — France called Sunday for Turkey to immediately halt the bombing of Kurdish forces in Syria and said it was concerned at the "worsening" situation in northern Syria.