Turkish soldiers are seen around the area of Mount Bersaya, north of the Syrian town of Azaz near the border with Turkey, on January 22, 2018 (AFP Photo/Saleh ABO GHALOUN)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syrian Kurdish leaders called on civilians Tuesday to take up arms to defend the Afrin enclave against a ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey seeks to avoid any clash with U.S., Russian or Syrian forces but will take any steps needed for its security, a Turkish minister said on Tuesday, the fourth day of its air and ground offensive against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria. The United States and ...
backed Kurdish forces on Monday pleaded with Washington to halt a Turkish offensive against them as it prepared to send reinforcements to the region. , raising alarm in Western capitals that Turkish troops are attacking the same fighters who helped defeat the Islamic of Iraq and the Levant ...
Syrian troops have retaken the strategic Abu al-Duhur military airport, located deep within the country's final major pocket of rebel territory that was recently split in two by the pro-government offensive. After declaring victory over the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) late last year, the ...
As Russia, Iran, and the US strive to establish facts on the ground to maximize their chances of shaping postwar Syria, Turkey is posing a challenge to a key piece of the Trump administration’s emerging policy./ Residents watch as a truck transporting a Turkish Army tank, part of a convoy, is ...
A Turkish tank is seen on Sunday passing through the Bab al-Salameh border crossing into Syria, as Turkish forces launched an operation against Syrian Kurdish forces that Ankara considers 'terrorists' (AFP Photo/Nazeer al-Khatib)/ Aboard a US military aircraft (AFP) - Turkey gave Washington ...
Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia/ Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia (AFP Photo/BULENT KILIC)/ HASSA (Turkey) (AFP) - Turkey on Monday ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to say Wednesday ...
The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months./ "It is really strange that everything looks normal outside, but people inside are not calm," says the Pakistani sailor, who doesn't want to use his real name./ ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Congolese health workers who recovered from the Ebola virus pose for a photograph at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM), as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the F16 air flotilla in Uppsala, Sweden, May 28, 2026. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/ ...
The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked as attacks continue despite ceasefire negotiations (file photo)/ The US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base, marking the third known escalations in a week around the Strait of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Halyna Hoisan was killed in her flat in Greenwhich, south London, by her ex-partner Yurii Muzyka in August [Metropolitan Police]/ A jealous stalker has been jailed for at least 30 years for murdering his ex-girlfriend after ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Smoke billows from the crater of the "mud volcano" that was caused by a gas exploration accident in 2006, in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)/ Abandoned houses and mosque are seen near ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, rear center, attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ FILE - Former President Joe Biden speaks to the South Carolina Democratic Party, Feb. 27, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)/ on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google./ Pope Leo XIV speaks during the presentation of his first encyclical, "Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence," at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...