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Iranian woman shouts ‘Death to Khamenei’ in protest of activist executions
A video of a woman shouting “death to Khamenei” among protesters demonstrating against the execution of political activists in the streets ... Middle East -
Erdogan: Turkey will drain ‘terror swamp’ in Iraq’s Qandil
Turkey will drain the “terror swamp” in northern Iraq’s Qandil region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, a day after the ... Middle East -
Turkish official says US and Turkish troops to patrol Syria’s Manbij
Turkey's defense minister says Turkish and US soldiers will patrol the key northern Syrian town of Manbij as part of a deal reached this week for the ... Middle East -
Syria’s Manbij Military Council rejects a Turkish military presence
Syria’s Manbij Military Council, a militia allied to US backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Wednesday that the People’s protection ... Middle East -
Turkey says troops closing in on Kurd stronghold in Iraq
Turkish troops are advancing on the mountainous Qandil region of northern Iraq where the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is ... Middle East -
Hundreds of Syria Kurds rally to demand Turkey withdrawal
Hundreds demonstrated in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli on Saturday, in response to a call by Kurdish authorities for global protests ... Middle East -
ANALYSIS: Iraq parliamentary election paves way for new faces on political scene
Iraq's one-party rule collapsed in April 2003; a rule that was inherited by a political class that ran the country under the name of democracy. Since ... Features -
Strikes in Kurdistan: Tip of the iceberg or Iranian economic collapse?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named this Iranian year as the year of “Support of Iranian prod-ucts”. Following his announcement, the government ... Features -
France’s Macron vows support for northern Syrians, Kurdish militia
France’s president on Thursday assured the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of Paris’ support to stabilize northeastern ... Middle East -
Czech prosecutors will not extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim
The Czech Republic on Monday said it would not extradite to Turkey a prominent Syrian Kurdish leader who was briefly detained in Prague last month, as ... Middle East -
Turkish forces will not remain in Syria’s Afrin
Turkish forces will not remain in Syria’s Afrin and will leave the region to its "real owners", Ankara’s main spokesman said on ... Middle East -
The Kurds have been sacrificed
Three years ago, the Kurds seized Kobane (Ain Al-Arab) from the jihadists. The whole world hailed this symbolic victory, underlining the heroism of ... Middle East -
Pentagon says some SDF forces quit anti-ISIS operations to fight Turks
US-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria are heading to the Turkish-assaulted Kurdish enclave of Afrin, leading to an “operational ... Middle East -
Eight Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, 13 wounded
Turkey suffered heavy losses on Thursday during its offensive against a Kurdish militia in northwest Syria, with the military announcing that eight ... Middle East -
Turkey shells Syrian pro-regime forces in Afrin
Turkey fired at Syrian pro-regime forces as they entered Tuesday the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, Syrian state media said.The shelling marks a ... Middle East -
Turkey says unclear whether Syrian government forces will enter Afrin
Syrian government forces have yet to enter the Afrin region and it was unclear if they would, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. ... Middle East -
The regional dimensions of Syrian conflict
The Russian-American dispute can be seen in Ukraine and other areas of competition such as in Syria. Iran’s project to control the Arab North up ... Middle East -
Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia
Turkey’s foreign minister assailed the United States on Monday, claiming that American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight ... Middle East -
Turkish president says helicopter downed in northern Syria
Turkey’s president has announced that a Turkish military helicopter has been “downed” in northern Syria during Ankara’s ... Middle East -
Iraqi Kurds accused of carrying out ‘mass executions’ of ISIS members
Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Iraqi Kurdish security forces of carrying out mass executions of detainees alleged to be members of ISIS. The ... Middle East -
One Turkish soldier killed, five wounded in attack in northwest Syria
One Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded on Monday in a rocket and mortar attack by militants as the Turkish forces were setting up a ... Middle East -
Iraq to launch security operation against White Banners group, but who are they?
In a continuation of security operations in the governorate of Kirkuk, a security meeting was held on Saturday headed by Deputy Commander of Joint ... Features -
US to end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG
The United States has told Turkey it will not provide any more weapons to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Turkish presidency said on Saturday, as ... World News -
Erdogan vows to expand military operation from Afrin to Manbij
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed that his country will continue to abort what he called “the conspiracies on its border with ... Middle East -
Turkey presses assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies pressed an assault on a border enclave held by Kurdish militia on Tuesday but the fighting was more ... Middle East -
UN Security Council refrains from condemning Turkey
The UN Security Council discussed Turkey’s intensifying offensive against Kurdish militias and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria on ... Middle East -
Turkey says ground forces push into Syria, Kurdish YPG says attack repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up ... Middle East -
Syrian regime opens roads for Kurdish forces in Afrin, US ‘not paying attention’
Following the Syrian regime condemning Turkish military operations and “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin on Saturday, the Assad regime ... Middle East -
New vote on Iraq poll date ‘by Monday’ as Abadi meets Kurdistan region PM
Iraq's parliament failed on Saturday to approve May 12 as the election date, as suggested by the government, as Sunni and Kurdish lawmakers demanded a ... Middle East -
Turkey begins first wave of artillery fire on Kurds in Afrin
Turkey began its first wave of artillery fire targeting Kurdish fighters in Afrin, Syria on Tuesday night, said an Al Arabiya reporter.This comes as a ... Middle East