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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...
Kurdish militant group decides to disband, disarm as part of peace initiative with TürkiyeIn a landmark move towards peace, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) declared its intention to disband and disarm, marking a potential end ...
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 ...
Turkiye strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for second dayTurkiye launched strikes on Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq after a deadly attack on a defense company premises. The National In...
Turkey offers Iraq technical help to bolster border securityTurkey is discussing with Iraq to provide technical support in securing its borders against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). This follows...
US jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria: PentagonPentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said Turkish drones had been seen carrying out airstrikes in Hasakah, Syria, on Thursday mor...
Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombingWarplanes attacked bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and the Syrian People's Protection Units, or YPG, the ministry s...
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.
Turkey blames blast on Kurdish militants, arrests 22, including suspected bomberVideo footage obtained by Reuters showed the moment the explosion occurred on Sunday afternoon, sending debris into the air and leaving sev...
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 ...
Turkey's leader says 'no' to Sweden and Finland's NATO bidTurkey's approval of Finland and Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance is crucial because NATO makes decisions by cons...
Turkey launches new cross-border ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Northern IraqOn Monday, Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, in his address to the nation via a video posted on the military’s website, announced that...
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in Iraq, Syria: Defence MinistryAll the planes taking part in the operation, which it said targeted the areas of Derik, Sincar and Karacak, subsequently returned to their ...
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...
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...
Tensions between Kurdish groups are making the fight against ISIS a lot more complicatedBut Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian-minded president, also used the strikes against ISIS as cover for a Machiavellian power-pl...
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...
One of the biggest weaknesses in the fight against ISIS is being fully exposed in TurkeyA recent terror attack in the southeast has drawn attention to the many extremists potentially slipping through the cracks.
Turkey is 'playing a dangerous game' - and what comes next could make it worseTurkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkish security forces have rounded up 1,050 suspected members of ISIS, Kurdish militants, and ultra-lefti...
Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against Islamic StateGermany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State militants in Iraq.