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Kurdish militia in Syria reportedly captures strategic town from ISIL

Sarrin has been a launchpad for ISIL for months and its capture will cut off a major supply line for the Islamist militants

Turkey

Growing tension over new Turkish military offensive in Syria and Iraq

Kurdish fighters in northern Syria are accusing the Turkish army of shelling their positions

Syria

Kurdish women fighting ISIL on the frontline

On the frontline between Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants, a group of young women have mobilised. They have left their homes and dreams

Turkey

Why Turkey and the PKK are resuming a deadly conflict

The Turkish military has begun a major campaign against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after a series of incidents apparently brought to an end a

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Turkey

Turkish raids: mass arrest of suspected insurgents

Police have arrested scores of suspected militants in dawn raids across Turkey. It is part of an operation targeting the self-styled Islamic State

Syria

Turkey appears to attack Kurdish targets in Syria, Turkey denies claim

Media reports of Turkish strikes on Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) targets in northern Syria seem to reveal the true focus of Ankara’s fight

Turkey

Turkish airstrikes in Syria could signal new role in fight against ISIL

Ankara has also dropped its earlier refusal to allow US warplanes to launch strikes from a Turkish base

Turkey

Turkey: tit-for-tat attacks continue along Syrian border

A soldier has been killed and another wounded in Turkey by cross-border gunfire near the border town of Kilis. BREAKING – Local sources: Armed

Syria

Syrian-Kurdish fighters seize control of Tal Abyad from ISIL

Syrian-Kurdish fighters say they have driven ISIL militants out of the northern border town of Tal Abyad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Syria

Thousands flee to Turkey as Kurdish forces push into ISIL's Syrian stronghold

Kurdish forces are continuing their push into ISIL’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa province. The YPG militia is setting its sights on Tel Abyad, which

Syria

Syria: Kurdish forces advance towards ISIL-held town at Turkey border

Kurdish forces are digging deeper into Syria’s Raqqa province. YPG militia are advancing towards ISIL-controlled Tal Abyad, at the Turkish border

Turkey

Kurdish opposition leader: Turkey 'state figures' linked to attacks

Selahattin Demirtaş, leader of the HDP party which entered parliament in the recent election depriving President Erdoğan's AK party of a majority, has pointed the finger at 'people within the state an

Turkey

Turkish PM Davutoglu formally resigns ahead of new government

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (June 9) to present his formal resignation following Sunday’s

Turkey

Turkey enters new and uncertain political era as AKP loses majority

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not appeared in public since the results of Sunday’s general election, which stripped his AK Party of a

Turkey

HDP leader wants to represent all of Turkey's 'oppressed'

The 80 – of 550 – seats the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) picked up in Turkey’s parliamentary elections on Sunday marks a huge victory. As well as

Turkey

Kurds celebrate HDP showing in Turkish poll

Thousands of jubilant Kurds celebrate election showing as the pro-Kurdish HDP wins parliamentary seats for the first time in Turkey

Turkey

Kurdish HPD rally blast confirmed as bomb

Turkish security forces say a gas canister wrapped with ball bearings caused at least one of two deadly blasts at a Kurdish election rally on Friday

Turkey

Explosions kill 2, injure 100 at Kurdish rally in eastern Turkey

Two people were killed and more than 100 injured when two explosions ripped through a Kurdish party rally in eastern Turkey on Friday, just two days ahead of a heated general election.

Cinema

'Bakur' screening ban causes controversy at the Istanbul International Film Festival

The documentary ‘Bakur’ caused no end of controversy at this year’s International Film Festival in Istanbul. The screening of the film was cancelled

Turkey

Turkish Kurds rally and call for Ocalan to be freed

Thousands of Kurds have taken part in marches mostly in SE Turkey calling for the release of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. He was sentenced to