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Turkey says it did not fully approve NATO’s Baltic defense plan
Turkey will block final publication of a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland until allies agree to designate the Syrian Kurdish YPG a ... Middle East -
Turkey not resuming military operation in northeast Syria: Security source
Turkey is fully abiding by the agreements it reached with Russia and the United States regarding northeast Syria and is not resuming its military ... Middle East -
Turkey will launch Syria operation if area not cleared of YPG militants
Turkey’s top diplomat on Monday warned Ankara could launch further action against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, accusing the US and Russia ... Middle East -
Five wounded as Syria rocket hits Turkey border town
Rocket fire from Syria injured five people in a Turkish border town, the Turkish defense ministry said on Tuesday.One of two rockets fired hit a house ... Middle East -
US military aims to withdraw from Syria by April, says report
The US military is preparing to withdraw American forces from Syria by the end of April and a significant portion of them will be out by the middle of ... Middle East -
Syria’s state media says US-led coalition jets attacked army
Citing a military source, Syrian state media, said US-led coalition jets hit a Syrian army position near the battle front against an ISIS pocket late ... Middle East -
Turkey warns France ‘no benefit’ in protecting Kurd militia
France will not gain in any way by retaining forces to protect Kurdish militias in Syria, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, after Paris ... Middle East -
Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Afrin: ministry
A Turkish soldier was killed on Thursday in the northern Syrian region of Afrin after coming under fire from a Kurdish militia, the Turkish defense ... Middle East -
Turkish forces surround Afrin city in Syria operation
The Turkish army and allied Syrian rebels have surrounded the city of Afrin in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militia that is the key target of ... Middle East -
Turkey’s Erdogan says Syria’s Afrin town under siege, entry imminent
Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town centre, President Tayyip ... 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 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 -
Five Turkish soldiers killed in attack on tank in Syria’s Afrin
Five Turkish soldiers were killed when their tank was hit in an attack carried out by Kurdish YPG militia fighters on Saturday in northwest ... Middle East -
Ten killed in Turkish attack on Kurdish-held Syrian region
Turkish attacks in the Afrin region of northern Syria killed ten people on Saturday, mostly civilians, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia which ... Middle East -
Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia
Turkey on Friday started shelling the Syrian town of Afrin held by a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers “terrorists” in a ... Middle East -
Russia provides air cover for Kurdish militia in Syria
Russia’s defense ministry said Monday its planes made hundreds of sorties in support of Kurdish and local militias in eastern Syria, predicting ... Middle East -
Turkey says US will no longer supply arms to Syrian Kurdish fighters
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday said US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart that the United States will no longer ... Middle East -
US eyes arms for YPG fighters in Syria even after Raqqa’s fall
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday left open the possibility of longer-term assistance to Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, saying the US may need ... Middle East -
Turkey sends military reinforcements into northern Syria
Turkey has sent new military reinforcements including troops, vehicles and equipment into northern Syria, a war monitoring group and rebel and Kurdish ... Middle East -
US begins sending arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
The United States on Tuesday began providing small arms to Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in northern Syria, the Pentagon said, fulfilling a pledge ... Middle East -
Observatory: Clashes between ISIS, Kurds at gas plant in northeastern Syria
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia has clashed with ISIS militants after the latter attacked a gas plant area in Al-Shaddadi city in northeastern Syria, ... Middle East -
Turkish army, Syrian Kurdish militia in new clashes
New clashes erupted Friday between the Turkish army and a Syrian Kurdish militia seen as a terror group by Ankara but as a key ally by the United ... Middle East -
Syria Kurds say will get training from Russian forces
Russia’s military will train Kurdish forces in Syria, the militia’s spokesman said Monday, in Moscow’s first agreement of its kind ... Middle East -
Turkey’s Syria plans face setbacks as Kurds see more US support
Turkey has lost momentum in the war for northern Syria as the United States draws on Kurdish allies in the assault on ISIS-held Raqqa, but Ankara is ... Middle East -
Turkey welcomes withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters from Manbij
Ankara has demanded that the YPG forces move east of the Euphrates, viewing the group as closely linked to Kurdistan Workers Party Middle East -
Turkey loses 2 soldiers since start of Syria operation
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five others wounded in an ISIS attack in Syria Middle East -
Turkey will never allow ‘artificial state’ in northern Syria, PM says
Turkey launched its operation in Syria on Aug.24 to drive out ISIS and stop the YPG militia Middle East -
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels seize two villages from Kurdish-allied forces
The SDF includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, one of the stated targets of Turkey’s intervention in the Syrian war Middle East -
Turkey ratchets up Syria offensive, says warplanes hit Kurdish militia
Turkey wants to stop Kurdish forces gaining control of a continuous stretch of Syrian territory on its frontier Middle East -
One Turkish soldier killed in Syria offensive
Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes on Kurdish forces and ISIS Middle East