Saturday, 31 October, 2015 , 11:32 AFP — A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group in northeast Syria, a spokesman said Saturday.
Saturday, 31 October, 2015 , 09:14 AFP — Selahattin Demirtas, the charismatic leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, is the man in the spotlight after he scored a stunning election breakthrough in June.
Friday, 30 October, 2015 , 21:31 AFP — The Islamic State group beheaded four Iraqi Kurdish fighters following a joint raid with American special forces against the jihadists, according to a video posted online.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015 , 12:44 AFP — Turkey pressed on with its "war on terror" on Tuesday, just five days before a pivotal election, detaining dozens of Islamic State suspects in massive police raids and hitting Kurdish rebels across the border in Syria.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015 , 10:46 AFP — Selahattin Demirtas shared a cup of tea at dawn on Sunday with a few workers on a Turkish building site, joined students for a simple omelette at noon and then made a speech to just a few hundred party members in a dimly-lit Istanbul conference room.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015 , 10:30 AFP — Turkey pressed on with its "war on terror" on Tuesday, just five days before the country goes to the polls, detaining dozens of Islamic State suspects in massive police raids and hitting Kurdish rebels across the border in Syria.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015 , 08:39 AFP — Turkey pressed on with its "war on terror" on Tuesday, just five days before the country goes to the polls, detaining dozens of Islamic State suspects and hitting Kurdish rebels across the border in Syria.
Tuesday, 27 October, 2015 , 07:25 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the military has struck Kurdish fighters across the border in northern Syria "twice".
Monday, 26 October, 2015 , 15:43 AFP — Iraq's Kurds on Monday released fresh video of freed hostages speaking about torture inside a jihadist-run prison raided last week in a joint Kurdish-US operation.
Monday, 26 October, 2015 , 12:21 AFP — Kurdish fighters in northern Syria have accused the Turkish military of attacking their positions near a border town at the weekend.
