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The entire Turkish leadership establishment has rebuked US decision to supply arms to Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) fighting Daech in Syria with help of US air power. Ankara considers the Syrian group as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met in Ankara on Thursday several Turkish senior officials. After a meeting with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, he told reporters they discussed “options that are available” regarding issues that are affecting their bilateral ties. Read more
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria alleging that they took part in planning and executing a car bomb explosion that killed around 29 people in Ankara at the beginning of the year. The arrest Read more
Jehan Sheikh Amad, Spokeswoman of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) announced Sunday the beginning of the rebel group’s offensive on ISIS-held Raqqa in a campaign baptized the “Wrath of the Euphrates” while hoping that Turkey would not “interfere in internal Read more
The Syrian military has warned that it would not hesitate to shoot down Turkish military jets violating its airspace after a “naked aggression” on several Syrian settlements in the northern part of the country. The Defense ministry stressed that penetrating Read more
President Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, has stressed that as much as Ankara is determined to get rid of the Islamic State, it has its “principles and conditions on the issue.” He pointed out that “it is out of question for Read more
Turkey launched on Wednesday a military operation baptized Euphrates Shield aimed at eliminating threats posed by militants of the Islamic State and Kurdish fighters from the northern Syrian town of Jarbulus close to its border. The operation has been condemned Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Western allies, mainly the United States, to review their policy towards the Kurds that Washington is supporting in Syria in the fight against the Islamic State group. President Erdogan who is participating in Read more
President Erdogan reiterated his Prime Minister’s claim that the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) carried out the Wednesday bombing in the capital which killed 28 people, most of them military personnel, and injured more than 60. The Kurdistan Workers Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unhappy with the US after an envoy of President Obama last week paid a visit to Kobani, in Syria. Kobani is under the control of the military wing of the Kurdish Democratic Party, called Read more