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United Nations says Turkey's deadly assault on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria could displace up to 400,000
• 6 years agoThe UN said that there were many other humanitarian consequences to the military assault, which is being conducted on multiple fronts along the border
Turkey steps up assault against Kurdish militants in northern Syria defying threats of US sanctions, international protests
• 6 years agoTurkish soldiers and militia allies battled their way into a strategic Kurdish border town as they stepped up their assault on northeastern Syria in defiance of mounting international protests and threats of US sanctions
Turkey to continue operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria despite 'threats', says Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• 6 years agoTurkey will not stop its operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, dismissing what he called 'threats' from other countries.
Iran opposes military action against Kurdish forces, urges Turkey to respect Syria's territorial integrity
• 6 years agoIran's top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone call that Tehran is opposed to military action in Syria, the foreign ministry has said
US' withdrawal from Syria is risky victory for Recep Tayyip Erdogan; operation against Kurdish militia may have huge economic cost
• 6 years agoTurkey has launched two military operations supporting Syrian opposition fighters — in northern Syria against IS in 2016 and against the YPG in 2018.
Andrew Brunson row: Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey won't be cowed by US sanctions as lira dips drastically
• 7 years agoPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will not be cowed by the US over the Andrew Brunson row
Turkey, Syrian rebel allies take full control of war-torn country's Afrin region after eight-week campaign, says source
• 7 years agoTurkey’s military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria’s Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday.
Turkish-led forces capture Kurdish town of Afrin, seizure likely to have repercussions on Syrian civil war
• 7 years agoThe capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war
Turkish forces in control of Syria's Afrin city; no clashes between pro-Ankara forces, Kurdish groups
• 7 years agoThe journalists in Afrin saw Ankara-backed Syrian Arab fighters and Turkish soldiers in every neighbourhood of the city.
Pro-Assad air strikes in Eastern Ghouta kill over 200; Syria sends troops to fight Turkey in Kurd-held border
• 7 years agoRegime air strikes on Wednesday pushed the death toll from three days of bombing in Syria's rebel Eastern Ghouta to over 200 as Damascus pitched pro-government forces into the fray against Turkey in a Kurdish-held border region.