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Protesters, Turkish police clash over curfews


Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 16:28 AFP Turkish police on Tuesday fired tear gas cannisters and used water cannon to disperse thousands of people protesting in the southeast against the military crackdown on Kurdish rebels, an AFP photographer said.

Turkey PM lambasts pro-Kurdish party leader's Russia visit


Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 11:23 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday criticised a visit to Russia by the main Kurdish opposition party leader, at a time when Ankara is at loggerheads with Moscow over the downing of a Russian warplane.

Turkey police kill two 'female terrorists' in Istanbul: reports


Tuesday, 22 December, 2015 , 09:26 AFP Turkish police killed two female "terrorists" in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday on a cell of suspected militants in Istanbul, media reports said.

Turkish forces clash with PKK as curfews expanded


Monday, 21 December, 2015 , 17:50 AFP The Turkish army on Monday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militants as the military pressed on with one of its biggest recent domestic operations and controversial curfew orders were expanded to a new area in the Kurdish-dominated southeast.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader to visit Moscow this week


Monday, 21 December, 2015 , 10:34 AFP The leader of Turkey's opposition pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples' Party (HDP) will meet Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow for talks aimed at reducing tensions after the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish forces, the party said Monday.

Toll 'tops 100' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK


Sunday, 20 December, 2015 , 16:12 AFP The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP on Sunday, as the operation entered its fifth day.

Toll 'tops 100' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK


Sunday, 20 December, 2015 , 13:56 AFP The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP on Sunday, as the operation entered its fifth day.

Toll 'tops 100' as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK


Sunday, 20 December, 2015 , 11:28 AFP The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive huge Turkish military offensive in the restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP on Sunday, as the operation entered its fifth day.

Toll hits 102 as Turkey presses major offensive against PKK militants: security source


Sunday, 20 December, 2015 , 08:13 AFP The number of Kurdish rebels killed during a huge Turkish military offensive in the country's restive southeast has jumped to 102, a security source told AFP Sunday as the operation entered its fifth day.

Syria opposition reacts coolly to UN-backed peace plan


Saturday, 19 December, 2015 , 18:28 AFP A UN-backed roadmap to end the Syrian war was met with scepticism Saturday by members of the country's fractured opposition who insist President Bashar al-Assad must go to achieve peace.