Kurdish PKK militants to begin handing over arms in Iraq on Friday, NTV saysAs part of a peace initiative, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is set to begin a weapons handover in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq, followi...
08 Jul, 2025, 05.58 PM IST
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggleOutlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey, adhering to PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disband and end decades ...
01 Mar, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
War monitor says Turkish drone strike kills 11 civilians in north SyriaA Turkish drone strike in northern Syria killed 11 civilians, including six children, a day after rebels ousted President Assad. Turkey-bac...
09 Dec, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
Syrian crisis timeline: Assad's fall followed years of bloodshed and divisionSyria's nearly 14-year civil war ended with the unexpected collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Sparked by 2011 protests, the conflict esc...
08 Dec, 2024, 04.43 PM IST
Foreign armies in Syria and how they came to be thereForeign powers have been deeply involved in the Syrian conflict since 2011. Turkey supports rebel groups and opposes Kurdish forces, while ...
06 Dec, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
Iraqi militias deploy in Syria to back government's counteroffensive against insurgentsIranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed in Syria to support the Assad government against a strong insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahr...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Turkey's president says no support for Sweden's NATO bidTurkey's president said Monday Sweden shouldn't expect support for NATO membership following weekend protests in Stockholm by an anti-Islam...
23 Jan, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Turkey says hits nearly 500 Kurdish targets in Iraq, Syria"So far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralised in the operation," Akar was quoted as saying by the official Anado...
23 Nov, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
Russia warns Turkey against "destabilising" Syria"We understand and respect Turkey's concerns regarding its own security. We believe this is the legal right of Turkey," Kremlin spokesman D...
22 Nov, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
Operation Claw-Sword: Turkey strikes Kurdish bases, read details insideTurkey has begun air strikes on Kurdish bases in Syria and Iraq a week after accusing Kurdish militants of an Istanbul explosion.
20 Nov, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
Turkey's Erdogan still against Finnish, Swedish NATO bids"As long as Tayyip Erdogan is at the head of the Republic of Turkey, we cannot say yes' to countries that support terror joining NATO," he ...
29 May, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
Two Turkish soldiers killed in north SyriaThe attack took place Saturday in the so-called Euphrates Shield area, which consists of a region between the Turkish border and northern A...
25 Jul, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for Kurdistan Workers PartyErdogan is willing to move "Turkey's ongoing military confrontation with the PKK from Turkey to territory the PKK controls or transits thro...
09 Jun, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey could target refugee camp deep inside IraqBut Erdogan said Makhmour, a camp 180 km south of the Turkish border which has hosted thousands of Turkish refugees for more than two decad...
02 Jun, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
Trump threatens to devastate Turkey if it hits US-backed Kurdish forcesThe US troop withdrawal has left America's Kurdish allies vulnerable to an attack from Turkey. Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorist...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.42 AM IST
US military official: 'We were outraged' when Turkey began launching airstrikes right after anti-ISIS dealThe US is moving away from its $500 million Syrian train-and-equip program and embracing a partnership with YPG - Syrian Kurds who are clos...
12 Aug, 2015, 12.58 PM IST
Turkey's president Erdogan is making a Machiavellian move by striking both ISIS and the Kurdish PKKTurkey also cracked down on alleged terrorists within its orders in a massive string of arrests - with the majority of those arrested belon...
03 Aug, 2015, 12.12 PM IST