Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 10:22 AFP — The Turkish military has started building a concrete wall along the border with Syria following a series of attacks, state media said Friday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 07:53 AFP — Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq appear to have been attacked with chemical weapons, the German defence ministry said Thursday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 03:19 AFP — Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons in recent days, the German defence ministry said Thursday.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 02:05 AFP — With a ceasefire between Turkey and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in tatters, the man who could hold the key to restarting the peace process is sidelined and increasingly isolated on a heavily fortified prison island.

Friday, 14 August, 2015 , 02:01 AFP — A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 16:51 AFP — One Turkish soldier and seven suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in new violence blamed on the Kurdish rebels, the army said Thursday.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 15:47 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday that coalition talks with the main opposition party had failed, paving the way for snap legislative elections as Ankara battles its biggest security crisis against militants in years.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 14:50 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday that coalition talks with the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) had ended in failure and early elections looked now to be the "only option".

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 13:29 AFP — Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons, the German defence ministry said Thursday.

Thursday, 13 August, 2015 , 12:34 AFP — Seven suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in clashes overnight that erupted when the rebels attacked military posts in eastern Turkey, the army said Thursday.