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FRANCE URGES ISRAELI RESTRAINT AFTER GAZA DEATHS
France urged Israel on Sunday to show restraint following its military response to Palestinian demonstrations on the Gaza-Israel border that killed at least 15... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN CALLS NETANYAHU 'TERRORIST', ISRAEL 'TERRORIST STATE'
On Saturday, Erdogan strongly condemned the Israeli government over its inhumane attack in Gaza... READ MORE›
ANNA CAMPBELLS FATHER: I DONT THINK I HAD ANY RIGHT TO STOP HER FIGHTING IN SYRIA
When Anna Campbell told her father of her plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Isis, he made a joke that he will forever regret... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S ERDOGAN REJECTS FRENCH OFFER OF TALKS WITH SDF
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a French offer to mediate between Turkey and Kurdish fighters in Syria that have been blacklisted by Ankara... READ MORE›
ROADSIDE BOMB IN SYRIA KILLS 2 COALITION TROOPS FROM U.S. AND U.K.
The town has seen a number of small explosions, protests and an assassination attempt on a member of the Manbij military council in recent weeks... READ MORE›
FRANCE DENIES TROOP MOVES IN SYRIA, AS TURKEY LASHES OUT
French President Emmanuel Macron raised Turkey's ire by meeting in Paris with Syrian rebels, including Kurdish fighters that Turkey considers terrorists... READ MORE›
FRANCE OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN TURKEY AND KURDS
France has offered to mediate in the conflict in northern Syria, where Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish fighters in January... READ MORE›
CONCERN AS 300 REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS REACH GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS
At least 13,289 refugees and migrants have reached Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›
IRAQ TO PREVENT KURDISH FIGHTER ATTACKS ON TURKEY
Iraqi armed forces will prevent Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq from staging cross-border attacks against Turkey, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said... READ MORE›
LAX US ARMS CONTROLS DRIVE TURKISH 'FAKE NEWS' OVER AFRIN
It is likely that the weapons were procured by the United States to Iraqi security forces before being captured by Islamic State forces... READ MORE›
DUTCH DIPLOMAT PULLED OUT OF TURKEY OVER SPY ALLEGATIONS
The Dutch foreign ministry said the diplomat, who worked at the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, left Turkey out of concerns for his safety... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON'S 'SEXIST' BEHAVIOR SWIFTLY SHUT DOWN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS EXIT SECOND POCKET OF EASTERN GHOUTA ENCLAVE
Hundreds of Syrian rebels and civilians were bused out of a second pocket of the besieged eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus on Sunday after rebels agreed... READ MORE›
'TURKEY NEEDS EUROPE, EUROPE NEEDS TURKEY'
And Turkey is considered in Brussels actually as an important strategic neighbour or a key partner rather a candidate... READ MORE›
TURKEY SLAMS EU STATEMENT ON GREECE, CYPRUS BEFORE KEY SUMMIT
Ankara slams European Council for backing Athens and Nicosia over Turkish arrest of Greek troops and Cyprus gas dispute... READ MORE›
EMBOLDENED TURKEY PUSHES DEEPER INTO SYRIA BUT RISKS ABOUND
Turkey and the F.S.A. have become an undeniable force in Syria, Mr. Unluhisarcikli said, referring to the Free Syrian Army... READ MORE›
US DENIES REACHING DEAL WITH TURKEY OVER SYRIA'S MANBIJ
Turkish authorities have described the stretch of northern Syria under Kurdish control as a terror corridor on the long southern border... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN VOWS TO EXTEND TURKEY'S OPERATION TO SYRIA'S NORTHEAST
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Turkey's plans to extend the operation a day after Turkish-led forces entered the city of Afrin in northwestern Syria virtually unopposed... READ MORE›
EU-TURKEY DEAL, A SYMBOL OF EUROPE'S SHORT-SIGHTED ASYLUM AND MIGRATION POLICY
But subjecting people to unbearable conditions in camps on the Greek islands and threatening them with being sent back is not the answer to this... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S ERDOGAN SIGNALS FURTHER MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SYRIA
In a speech on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the military operations would continue until Turkish-backed forces had secured all of Syria's Kurdish areas... READ MORE›
'WE CAN SUDDENLY COME': TURKEY'S ERDOGAN PUTS ALL KURDISH-HELD TOWNS IN SYRIA & IRAQ ON NOTICE
We can suddenly come over one night in Iraq's Sinjar and eliminate PKK terrorists there, Erdogan said, according to Turkish state media... READ MORE›
TURKEY DELIVERS 30 TONNES OF AID DURING AFRIN OPERATION IN SYRIA
A senior Turkish official said't ens of thousands of Syrians were expected to return to the Kurdish region after Turkey's military offensive ends... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS VOW TO FIGHT TURKEY ARMY AFTER AFRIN WITHDRAWAL
YPG fighters pledge to shift to guerrilla tactics, as Turkish forces clear Afrin's city centre of explosive devices... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS ITS FORCES NOW CONTROL SYRIAN TOWN OF AFRIN
Turkey-backed forces seize control of Afrin's centre in northern Syria... READ MORE›
TURKISH FORCES AND FREE SYRIAN ARMY CAPTURE AFRIN CITY
President Erdogan announces that Turkish flag hoisted in the centre of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian city of Afrin... READ MORE›
TURKEY CLAIMS TO HAVE ENCIRCLED AFRIN, BESIEGING UP TO 200,000
The 60-mile 95km gap between Afrin and Jarabulus is the only part of the 511-mile border in which Kurdish populations do not have a presence... READ MORE›
UN 'DEEPLY ALARMED' ABOUT CIVILIANS DEATHS IN BESIEGED AFRIN
Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani in particular decried reports that civilians are being prevented from leaving Afrin city by Kurdish forces ..... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS FLEE EAST GHOUTA IN LARGEST SINGLE-DAY EXODUS
Government air strikes kill at least 46 people on Friday, as thousands of residents flee besieged area near Damascus... READ MORE›
SEE THEM BEFORE THEY VANISH: EUROPE'S MOST UNDER-THREAT HERITAGE SITES
Campaigners have today sounded the alarm over Europe's most under-threat buildings and monuments. Europa Nostra, a pan-European cultural heritage federation, released a list of seven... READ MORE›
NOT EVEN A WIN WILL SILENCE CRITICS
RugbyU: Not even a win will silence critics - Guirado... READ MORE›
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WOMEN ARE FREE AND ARMED IN KURDISH-CONTROLLED NORTHERN SYRIA
Women Are Free, and Armed, in Kurdish-Controlled Northern Syria... READ MORE›
STOP YPG SUPPORT OR FACE 'CONFRONTATION'
Meanwhile, Afrin's Kurdish-run administration called on Syria's government to defend the region against Turkey's offensive... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS GIVES PEACE SYMBOL AS GIFT TO PRESIDENT ERDOGAN AS TURKISH FORCES POUND KURDISH MILITIA
A protester against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Vatican lies injured following scuffles with police in Rome... READ MORE›
12 ISIL WIDOWS SENTENCED TO DEATH LIFE BY IRAQI COURT
A dozen foreign women who joined ISIL husbands while fighting in Iraq sentenced by a court in Baghdad... READ MORE›
ON NORTHERN SYRIA FRONT LINE, U.S. AND TURKEY HEAD INTO TENSE FACE-OFF
On Tuesday, once again, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey criticized the American support of Manbij... READ MORE›
PLEA TO END 'HELL ON EARTH' SYRIA CRISIS
Meanwhile Iran, another Syrian government ally, says it is in close contact with Syria, Russia and Turkey to try to reduce tension in the Eastern Ghouta... READ MORE›
PRO-GOVERNMENT FIGHTERS MOVE INTO SYRIA'S AFRIN
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said on Monday his military would hit back if pro-Syrian forces intervened in Afrin to help the YPG... READ MORE›
KURDISH LEADER IS ARRESTED IN PRAGUE AT TURKEYS REQUEST
Europe has not designated the Syrian Kurdish organizations as terrorist groups, and it has previously rejected such extradition requests by Turkey... READ MORE›
MEET AMERICAS SYRIAN ALLIES WHO HELPED DEFEAT ISIS
Mr. Muhammad said he has fought alongside the Americans throughout northern Syria, on at least 13 battlefields... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN FIGHTER JAMIE WILLIAMS DESCRIBES 'BLOCK BY BLOCK' BATTLE AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE IN RAQQA
Video Jamie Williams says this shows him and another foreign fighter disarming a booby trapped IS mine... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT TELLS 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL SHED GET HONOURS IF MARTYRED
Look, we have our own maroon berets, Erdogan said as she crossed the stage... READ MORE›
TURKEY DENIES REPORTS SYRIA WILL HELP YPG IN AFRIN
Turkey's deputy prime minister has dismissed as false media reports that Syrian government forces were poised to enter a Kurdish enclave in Syria's Afrin... READ MORE›
TURKISH PRESIDENT THREATENS US FORCES IN SYRIA WITH AN "OTTOMAN SLAP"
A U.S. decision to continue funding the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will affect Turkey's future moves, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday ahead of a... READ MORE›
SYRIAN BOMBARDMENT 'KILLS 250' IN TWO DAYS
It is the worst violence in the Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus since 2013, according to activists... READ MORE›
'DISTURBING REPORTS' OF CIVILIAN DEATHS IN SYRIA'S AFRIN
Turkey's military operation has displaced tens of thousands from Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, UN official says... READ MORE›
FRIEND OR FOE? ASSAD QUIETLY AIDS SYRIAN KURDS AGAINST TURKEY
For the sake of delivering reinforcements to Afrin, Kino Gabriel, spokesman for the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, said... READ MORE›
IRAN'S ROUHANI URGES TURKEY TO HALT AFRIN OPERATION
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is aligned with Iran, has condemned the Afrin operation... READ MORE›
REFUGEE RETURNS EXPECTED AFTER AFRIN OPERATION
We know that many Syrian refugees in Turkey want to return home if a secure environment is established in their region of origin... READ MORE›
CZECH COURT RELEASES SALIH MUSLIM, PREVENTING TURKEY EXTRADITION
Turkey requested extradition of Salih Muslim, a former leader of Syria's Kurdish PYD, after he was arrested in Prague... READ MORE›
US EMBASSY IN TURKEY CLOSES DUE TO 'SECURITY THREAT'
Embassy in Ankara advises US citizens in Turkey to avoid large crowds and the embassy building in the capital... READ MORE›
SERGEY LAVROV ON RUSSIAN-US RELATIONS AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Russian Foreign Minister - Sergey Lavrov I do not agree that the American presence in international affairs is shrinking... READ MORE›
DEADLY ATTACK ON TURKISH TROOPS IN SYRIA
Thousands of civilians in Afrin have fled their homes since Turkey's offensive began... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY WILL 'CLEAN' ENTIRE SYRIAN BORDER
More than a week into their offensive, however, Turkey and allied Syrian rebel groups have made only modest progress fighting into hilly terrain against entrenched foes... READ MORE›
TURKEY, RUSSIA AND IRAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS SYRIA IN ISTANBUL
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Thursday to meet in Istanbul to discuss the conflict in Syria, a Turkish presidential source said... READ MORE›
TURKEY SAYS U.S. HAS PROMISED TO STOP ARMING YPG, WARNS WASHINGTON ON
A member of Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army police forces stands guard on the road near Azaz, Syria January 27, 2018... READ MORE›
WHY IS THE SYRIAN WAR STILL RAGING
Kurdish control of territory in northern Syria further complicates a resolution... READ MORE›
RUSSIA WARNS U.S. NOT TO 'PLAY WITH FIRE' IN SYRIAN CONFLICT
They agreed to closely coordinate the efforts of Russia, Turkey and Iran in seeking a political resolution to the Syrian conflict, it said... READ MORE›
STRONG 6.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF TAIWAN COAST
In 2016, a shallow earthquake in southern Taiwan killed at least two dozen people... READ MORE›
LAST OF BRITISH IS 'BEATLES' GANG CAPTURED BY KURDS
Two British men believed to be members of a notorious Islamic State group IS cell have been seized by Syrian Kurdish fighters, US officials say... READ MORE›
IN TURKEY, SOARING SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN OFFENSIVE AND RISING ANTI-AMERICANISM
Erdogan has said that after neutralizing Afrin, Turkey plans to extend its Syrian campaign eastward and oust the YPG fighters from the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij... READ MORE›