YPG

Jan- 2025 -

9 January

37 Killed in North Syria Clashes Between Pro-Turkey, Kurdish Forces: Monitor

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people in Syria's northern Manbij region.

8 January

Middle East

Turkish troops in Hatay province near the Syrian border

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Threatens Military Operation Against Syrian Kurdish Fighters

Turkey threatened to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accept its conditions for "bloodless" transition.

6 January

Middle East

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Says Syrian Kurdish Fighters Will Be ‘Eliminated’

Turkey said it's "a matter of time" before Syrian Kurdish fighters - seen by the West as crucial against the Islamic State - to be wiped out.

Nov- 2024 -

25 November

Middle East

Turkey-backed Syrian fighters take part in a military training near the town of Marea, in the rebel-controlled northern part of Syria’s Aleppo province

Staff Writer With AFP

15 Turkish-Backed Fighters Killed in North Syria Clashes With Kurdish-Led Forces

15 Ankara-backed Syrian fighters were killed in violent clashes with Kurdish-led forces in the country's north, said Syrian war monitor.

Sep- 2024 -

4 September

War

In the autonomous region of north-east Syria under the authority of the Arab-Kurdish coalition, the Syrian regime still holds a few rare positions.

Staff Writer With AFP

Syria Blast Kills Senior Commander in Kurdish Security Forces: Monitor

A war monitor said a senior commander from the security forces in northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish-led administration was killed in a blast near a prison in Hasakeh province.

Jan- 2024 -

15 January

Middle East

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Bombs Kurdish ‘Terrorist Targets’ in Iraq, Syria

Turkey carried out another series of airstrikes against Kurdish sites in northern Iraq and Syria in response to the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers.

Oct- 2023 -

9 October

Middle East

Smoke billows from the Babasi oil facility in the countryside of al-Qahtaniya in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 6, 2023 following a Turkish strike

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkish Strike on Kurds in Syria Kills 20: Monitor

A Turkish air strike killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training center for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, a war monitor said.

Jun- 2022 -

8 June

Middle East

Photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey.

Staff Writer With AFP

US Fears Turkey Will Launch New Offensive in Syria

The United States fears Turkey will launch a new offensive in northern Syria that Washington has warned against, a senior American diplomat said.

2 June

Middle East

Turkish and US military vehicles apparently near Manbij, Syria

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Urges Turkey Not to Launch Offensive in Syria

Russia hopes Turkey will "refrain" from an offensive in northern Syria after Turkish President Erdogan renewed threats of a campaign targeting Kurdish "terrorists."

1 June

Europe