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Damascus calls on Kurdish forces to join army, police
Syria’s army and police Wednesday called on Kurdish fighters and security forces in northeast Syria to join their ranks following a Turkish ... Middle East -
Turkey says Kurdish YPG still in Syria border area as deadline looms
Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey’s ... Middle East -
Six Syria soldiers killed in first border clash with turkey
At least six Syrian regime fighters were killed as heavy clashes broke out Tuesday between the army and Turkish forces for the first time since Ankara ... Middle East -
Pro-Turkish forces clash with Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo province: Monitor
Pro-Turkish forces have clashed with Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Thursday.Violent ... Middle East -
SDF informed US they fulfilled obligations under ceasefire: US official
The commander of Kurdish led-SDF fighters has informed the United States that it has carried out all of its obligations under a US-brokered truce to ... Middle East -
Turkey, US agree to form joint operation center for Syria safe zone
Turkey and the United States said they agreed on Wednesday to establish a joint operation center in Turkey to coordinate and manage a planned safe ... Middle East -
Four Turkish soldiers killed by cross-border Kurdish militant attacks
Four Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded in two separate cross-border attacks by Kurdish militants on Saturday, the defense ministry ... Middle East -
Syria regime says Kurdish fighters withdraw from Manbij
The Syrian regime said Wednesday hundreds of Kurdish fighters had withdrawn from Manbij near the border with Turkey, days after the Kurds appealed to ... Middle East -
Last Kurdish forces leave Syria’s Manbij, allied fighters say
The last members of a Kurdish militia pulled out on Sunday from the Syrian town of Manbij, allied Arab fighters said, under a deal reached to avoid ... Middle East -
Syrian army says captured villages from US backed forces
The Syrian army said on Sunday it had captured a string of villages from US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates river near the ... Middle East -
Car bomb in Syria’s Qamishli kills five people - state media
A car bomb exploded in the Kurdish-dominated city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Sunday, killing five people and injuring seven, Syrian state ... Middle East -
Video shows Kurdish militia leader executing man in Syria’s Deir al-Zour
A video clip reportedly shot in the countryside of Syria’s Deir al-Zour shows a leader of the so-called Kurdish militia leader executing a ... Middle East -
Syrian government slams Turkish offensive in Afrin as ‘occupation’
The Syrian government described on Thursday a Turkish offensive in Syria’s Afrin region as an illegal “aggression” and said it would ... Middle East -
Kurdish female fighter’s likely suicide attack in Syria kills Turkish troops
A female Kurdish fighter has reportedly carried a suicide bomb attack on Turkish military forces in Syria, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The ... Middle East -
Erdogan threatens to expand offensive to other northern Syrian cities
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey’s offensive against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities in the ... Middle East -
At least 50 displaced Syrians killed by ISIS triple car bombing
A medical source in the Kurdish Red Crescent said ISIS suicide bombers killed at least 50 people in a triple car bomb attack Thursday in ... Middle East -
US will take weapons from Kurds after ISIS defeat: Turkey
The United States has told Turkey it will take back weapons supplied to the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria after the defeat of ISIS, Ankara ... Middle East -
Syrian Kurdish YPG says Raqqa attack to start in early April
The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said a US-backed assault to drive ISIS from its de-facto capital Raqqa would begin at the start of April ... Middle East -
Turkey detains ‘wanted Kurdish female militant’ at Istanbul airport
Sara Aktas was detained at Ataturk International Airport while seeking to travel to Germany Middle East -
Sources: Iraqi army receiving anti-drone weapons following ISIS attack
Booby-trapped drones killed two Kurdish fighters and injured two members of the French special forces Middle East -
Turkish warplanes pound 10 PKK targets overnight
The air strikes capped one of the most violent single days of fighting in the largely Kurdish southeast in recent years Middle East -
Syrian rebels seize villages near Turkey from ISIS
Turkey also sent more tanks into the northern Syrian village of al-Rai to fight ISIS extremists Middle East -
Turkish military: US-led coalition planes hit ISIS in north Syria
Two A-10 planes hit and destroyed two ISIS targets, the military said in a statement, without elaborating Middle East -
Turkish forces shell Syrian Kurdish fighters
At least nine more Turkish tanks entered northern Syria in an operation aimed at driving ISIS out of the area around Jarablus Middle East -
Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul
The advance began after heavy shelling and US-led coalition air strikes against ISIS forces Middle East -
Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing attack
The TAK said the attack was revenge for operations by the Turkish army in the Kurdish-dominated southeast Middle East -
Erdogan condemns US support of Kurdish militias in Syria
Pictures revealed US commandos wearing the insignia of the Kurdish fighters who are branded a terror group by Ankara Middle East -
Obama urges reinstatement of Syria ceasefire
At least 14 people, including two young siblings, have been killed in Aleppo as rebels and government forces trade fire Middle East -
Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from ISIS
The 16-year-old teen from the town of Boras ‘was misled’ by an ISIS member in Sweden to travel to Syria and later to Mosul Middle East -
Al-Qosh: A reminder of Christianity’s uncertain future in Iraq
Iraq’s Christians have had a tough time since the second Gulf War plunged the country into continuing chaos fueled by religious fanaticism Blogs