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
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...
06 Oct, 2023, 06.43 AM IST
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...
11 Dec, 2022, 05.52 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
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...
20 Nov, 2022, 07.21 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 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...
18 Apr, 2022, 10.08 PM IST
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 ...
02 Feb, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2015, 02.33 AM IST
Scuffles break out as police hold back Turkish mournersScuffles broke out in the Turkish capital as police used tear gas to prevent pro-Kurdish politicians and other mourners from laying carnati...
11 Oct, 2015, 03.34 PM 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
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...
04 Aug, 2015, 11.33 AM 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
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...
31 Jul, 2015, 11.50 AM IST
Kurds battle IS jihadists around Syria's Kobane: MonitorSyrian Observatory for Human Rights said Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) had seized a village on Saturday as they...
31 Jan, 2015, 07.40 PM IST