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TURKEY KURDISH CONFLICT
Captured in Nairobi and jailed in an island prison for nearly 30 years, who is Abdullah Ocalan? The Kurdish leader who continues to be central to Turkey’s peace talksAbdullah Ocalan, co-founder of the PKK, has been imprisoned since 1999 and still influences Kurdish politics. His recent relocation within ...- As election looms, Netanyahu puts Turkey in Israel's crosshairsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu targets Turkey amid a tough election fight. Warplanes bombed a Syrian base near the Turkish borde...
- Iran says Hormuz won’t reopen until US ‘corrects’ its behaviorIran issued new demands for the Strait of Hormuz reopening and the UAE reported an Iranian missile attack. Yemen's military launched attack...
- What to know about the Kurds and their potential involvement in the Iran warBattle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are reportedly preparing for a potential cross-border military operation into Iran with U.S. backing...
- Trump is drafting a new ally to attack Iran. What can happenReports suggest the Trump administration considered arming Kurdish groups to create unrest within Iran. This strategy leverages ethnic faul...
- 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...
- US strategy on Syria risks ISIS resurgence, Kurdish General warnsSyria's top Kurdish commander accuses the U.S. of abandoning its Kurdish allies amid renewed fighting with Turkish-backed forces. The SDF g...
- 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...
- Who is fighting in Syria and why?Syrian rebels have recaptured Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad. The surprise offensive has reignited the Syrian civil war, leading to ...
- In his final days in office, U.S president Joe Biden has new problem in hand; here's what it isIn the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, Syria faces a new upheaval as Turkish-backed rebels and jihadist groups push into Assad-contro...
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells Vladimir Putin to 'clear' Kurdish forces from northern SyriaErdogan has been threatening to launch a new military incursion into northern Syria to push out Kurdish forces that he blames for a Novembe...
- 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'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...
- 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 ...
- Russian military intervenes to halt clashes in Syrian cityRear Adm. Alexander Karpov, the head of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria, on Tuesday said military police backed by he...
- Islamic State could gain from Turkish peace rally bombingThousands mourned the 95 victims of Turkey's deadliest attack in years as state inspectors tried Sunday to identify who sent suicide bomber...
- 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...
- 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...
- Why Turkey probably won't invade northern SyriaKurdish fighters gesture while carrying their parties' flags in Tel Abyad of Raqqa governorate after they said they took control of the are...
- Turkey may be heading for a political earthquakeThis supermajority would allow the AKP, under Erdogan's guidance, to launch a referendum aimed at changing the Turkish constitution.
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