These are external links and will open in a new window/ Syria's Kurds reject Turkey's plans and say they will defend their territory at all costs The Turkish military has launched a major cross-border operation in north-eastern Syria against a Kurdish-led militia alliance allied to the United ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Activists say tens of thousands of people have fled towns along the Syria-Turkey border "It's like hell. I am afraid for all my family and everyone I know." Sevinaz is from a town near Syria's border with Turkey that immediately came under ...
Map of the border area between Turkey and Syria where Ankara launched an offensive against the Kurds to create a "buffer zone" (AFP Photo/Patricio ARANA)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syria's Kurds said Thursday that Turkish bombardment had hit a prison they use to house captured Islamic State group fighters, ...
Readers express dismay at the president’s actions, and one wonders, “So what’s in it for Donald J. Trump?”/ Let’s make no mistake about what Turkish forces are doing in Syria this week — naked unilateral aggression and illegal by any international norms. And it is aided and abetted by our ...
A picture taken from Akcakale in Turkey shows strikes on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Syria, as Turkish forces step up their cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas. Turkish troops have encircled the border towns of Ras al-Ain ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Thursday that his country could “just open the gates and send 3.6 million Syrian refugees into Europe” if the classifies his military’s ongoing assault on Syria as an “invasion”./ Erdogan, in a speech to ruling party officials in Ankara, also ...
backed rebels from the Free Syrian Army, pictured here crossing the border into Syria, are also involved in the offensive Turkish forces are stepping up air strikes and a ground offensive, as their incursion into Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria enters a second day. Turkey's military said it ...
Iran opposes any Turkish military operation in Syria, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. The ministry has been following “worrying news of the possibility of the Turkish military forces entering Syrian soil and believes that the occurrence of such an action ...
, a published report said Wednesday, citing information from a Turkish military official./ Wednesday, Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun called on the international community to “rally” behind Ankara, calling the Kurds “armed thugs” from which the local population needed to be ...
Local and international players have begun reacting to President Donald Trump's stated plans to pull troops out from northern Syria after an apparent deal with his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In the two days since the White House announced that the U.S. military would "no ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Turkey has launched a military operation against Kurdish-led forces in north-eastern Syria, days after US troops pulled back from the border. These maps help explain the offensive and its potential consequences./ Kurds make up between 7% ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Turkish troops prepare for the offensive in northern Syria Turkish troops have begun an offensive in northern Syria, which could bring them into direct conflict with Kurdish-led forces allied to the United States. The move was announced by ...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Turkey on Wednesday to show restraint and avoid military action in northern Syria, as Ankara’s forces were poised to advance into an area there being vacated by the U.S. military./ FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference ...
Iran’s army began an unannounced military drill in the northwest of the country bordering Turkey, Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported on Wednesday, as Turkish troops prepare to enter the territory of Iran’s ally Syria. ISNA said the drill included rapid reaction units, mobile and offense ...
Iranian state media/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s foreign minister on Monday backed Syrian sovereignty and opposed military action in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, state media said, after a U.S. pull-back of troops in northeast Syria appeared to open the way to a Turkish attack. ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...
The UN said an expanded Israeli offensive would "inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed" in Gaza/ A senior Hamas official has said the armed group is not interested in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal while Israel continues what he called its "starvation ...