Kurds
Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners’, says prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) - The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners",…
Photo Story: Police action against protesters on seventh anniversary of Suruc explosion
Turkish police detain protesters during the seventh anniversary of the 2015 Suruc bombing in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday. At least 32 people…
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in Iraq, Syria
ISTANBUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militants targets, including training camps, shelters and ammunition storage areas in Iraq and…
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Turkey’s Defence Ministry said its warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq’s Haftanin region on Wednesday, the second such operation launched…
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13
A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey’s Defense Ministry…
NATO chief warns ‘fight against ISIS is not over’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Wednesday that ISIS could revive itself following the US withdrawal in Syria. In a press…
Turkey, Russia broker deal on further withdrawal of Kurdish YPG
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a joint news conference with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the two leaders…
Kurdish forces pull out of besieged town
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have withdrawn from the besieged border town of Ras al-Ayn, fulfilling part of a fragile US-brokered…
Violent incidents between Kurds and Turks injure several across Germany
Nine people, including five police officers, were injured Wednesday evening in the latest escalation in Germany between Kurdish demonstrators and Turks over…
Trump shrugs off Turkish incursion into Syria, says ‘not our border’
President Donald Trump has said Turkey's incursion into Syria is "not our border", and called the former US allies the Kurds "no…
Erdogan rejects calls for ceasefire in Syria
US Vice President Mike Pence is heading to Ankara on Wednesday in a bid to negotiate a cease-fire deal in northeastern Syria,…
Russia-backed Syrian forces enter key city Manbij in northern Syria
The strategic city of Manbij has come under Syrian government control after Russia and Syria moved troops into areas near Turkey's border,…