What is the Turkish army really doing in Iraq?
A cannon shot roared into the night. The target was in the town of Bashiqa in northern Iraq, seized by the Islamic State (IS) in…
Kurds
Ankara wants more pressure on Syrian Kurdish YPG from USA
Turkey wants the United States to put more pressure on Syrian Kurdish fighters to return to the east of the Euphrates River, the deputy prime…
Syria: Their War, Not Ours
The debacle that is U.S. Syria policy is today on naked display. NATO ally Turkey and U.S.-backed Arab rebels this weekend attacked our most effective…
Turkey-Backed Rebels ‘Make Gains’ Against Allies Of Kurds In Syria
Rebels backed by Turkish forces claim they have made major gains against fighters allied to the Kurds in northern Syria. Kurdish fighters have been expelled from…
Rocket attack on Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport
Suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey’s main southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan…
Turkey suicide bomber who killed 50 ‘a child aged 12-14’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 was responsible for the attack on a wedding in…
Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul from ISIS
Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in the early hours of Sunday, as part of a plan…
Why is delayed Turkey’s exit from NATO?
The question of Turkey exiting NATO was key this week. The fact that the alliance has released an emergency statement on the issue shows that…
ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition
The battle to recapture Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has gathered momentum, with thousands of government-linked forces encircling the strategic…
Syria’s war: 50 killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli
Death toll from two explosions expected to rise as ISIL claims attack targeting Kurdish area Qamishli. Two explosions have struck a predominantly Kurdish town in…