Turkey says will take action if militants do not leave Syria’s Manbij
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will take action if militants do not withdraw immediately from Syria’s Manbij region and areas in the country east of the…
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PM Abadi: 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. Abadi’s office said the prime minister relayed…
Iraq vows to secure Sinjar boarder region, after Turkish warning
By Nathan Morley The Iraqi prime minister said that any attempt by ‘foreign fighters’ to launch cross-border attacks on Turkey will be prevented by the…
Iraq moves to erase PKK risk on border with Turkey
Iraqi troops have been deployed in parts of the country’s Sinjar district, from which militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) recently retreated. The…
Turkey begins operation in Iraq’s Sinjar, Erdogan says
President Receb Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey had begun operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days…
Street Fight Looms as Turkey Moves to Storm Kurd Stronghold
Turkey is preparing for a street-by-street fight to capture the most important Kurdish-held town in northern Syria, and if victorious, won’t transfer control to the…
Turkey forces encircle Kurdish-controlled centre of Afrin
Turkey’s army and allied Syrian rebel forces have surrounded the city of Afrin in northwestern Syria, the main target of Turkey’s operation there. The military…
Turkey poised to open a military front in Iraq
Turkish-Iraqi relations had become extremely tense until the decision by Massoud Barzani, former president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to hold an independence referendum for Iraqi…
Kurdish Leader Is Arrested in Prague at Turkey’s Request
A senior Kurdish official from Syria was detained in the Czech Republic on Sunday under an extradition request from Turkey, according to the Czech police…
Cavusoglu: US-Turkey ties may get ‘irreversibly harmed’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said relations between Turkey and the US would be “irreversibly harmed” if Washington moves to form a 30,000-strong army in…