Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against Turkish cross-border strikes targeting Kurdish groups in the country’s northeast, an AFP photojournalist said.One week ago …
Syrian Kurds say they have stopped operations against IS
The commander of the main U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria says they have stopped their operations against the Islamic State group due to Turkish attacks on northern Syria over the past week …
US again tries to thwart Turkish invasion of northern Syria
Erdogan says military operations are “just beginning” against Syrian Kurdish groups, while teasing possibility of talks with Assad.
Turkey inches closer to invasion of northern Syria as Islamic State terror threat grows
The U.S. and Turkey are at loggerheads over a Turkish ground invasion into Syria that could breathe new life into the Islamic State and endanger American personnel.
US official urges ‘de-escalation’ as Turkey strikes Syria
A U.S. official in Syria on Friday called for an “immediate de-escalation” following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border, saying the actions destabilize the region and …
Missiles strike US base in Syria Pentagon
An American military outpost in Syria has come under rocket fire, according to US Central Command, which condemned the yet-to-be-identified attackers for undermining the region’s “hard-earned …
US military reports rocket attacks on its patrol base in Syria
Attacks on the US patrol base come as tensions escalate on the Syria-Turkey border following a bombing in Istanbul.
U.S. military base in Syria hit by shells
The U.S. base in the Syrian town of Al Shadadi of Green Village has been the target of three missed missiles that have fallen in the vicinity of the military facility, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) …
US official urges ‘de-escalation’ as Turkey conducts airstrikes on Syria
Turkey launched a wave of airstrikes on suspected Kurdish rebels hiding in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul that Ankara blames on Kurdish groups …
Erdogan says meeting with Syria’s Assad is ‘possible’
“A meeting with Assad is possible. There is no resentment or bitterness in politics,” Erdogan was quoted as saying by Turkish media Wednesday at the Turkish parliament. “Sooner or later, we will take …