Turkey aware that US support for Kurdish YPG ‘won’t end immediately’ – Erdogan Turkey is aware that US support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will not end immediately, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. He added that Ankara’s… Read more ›
Pro-Kurdish party in Turkey mulls pulling MPs from parliament – officials A pro-Kurdish opposition party is considering withdrawing lawmakers from Turkey’s parliament due to mounting pressure it is facing, and as an act of protest against Ankara’s decision to oust… Read more ›
Washington ‘not fulfilling’ deal on Syrian Kurdish militia removal, Erdogan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the US is not fulfilling its pledge to remove a Kurdish militia from a Syrian border region. Ankara launched a… Read more ›
Turkey and Russia to start patrolling Kurdish areas in northern Syria together on Friday – Erdogan Joint Turkish-Russian patrols will commence later this week as Kurdish forces continue leaving the 20-mile ‘safe zone’ along Syria’s border with Turkey, President Recep… Read more ›
Kurdish YPG still in border area as agreed deadline looms, Ankara says Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, according to Turkey’s defense minister.… Read more ›
Turkish FM says Kurdish YPG ‘hasn’t fully withdrawn’ from Syria border region Kurdish YPG forces in Syria have not fully withdrawn from the border territory as agreed in a Russia-brokered accord, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. Ankara… Read more ›
Kurdish SDF says it will comply with Moscow-Ankara deal & withdraw from Turkish border The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to withdraw from the Syria-Turkey border, in compliance with a deal brokered by Russia. The Kurdish group said it agreed… Read more ›
Kurdish commander reveals 5 month intelligence op led to ISIS leader Baghdadi’s ’killing’ With Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly killed in a US operation in Syria, a commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has claimed that… Read more ›