The Syrian army has dispatched several units to the northern part of the country to confront a ground offensive by the Turkish military and allied militants from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) on border towns under the control of Kurdish communities. . Syria’s official news agency SANA..…
Turkey wants to destroy the PKK and any group linked to it and also to resettle refugees into Kurdish areas along the border. This would alter the ethnic balance of the border area by removing Syrian Arab refugees from Turkey while reducing the influence of historic Kurdish..…
The Arab League has denounced the operation. . Ankara launched the assault against the Kurdish YPG militia after U.S. ..…
On Sunday, Turkish troops and their Arab proxies made major progress on the ground, seizing the town of Tel Abyad and prompting celebrations across Turkey.. Kurdish-led militia emerged as the dominant force across the area, taking control of former ISIS territory and guarding former ISIS..…
The foreign ministry said that by accusing Turkey, rather than a “terrorist organisation that threatens the territorial integrity of Syria”, the League was betraying the Arab world. . Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also dismissed an offer by Trump to mediate between Ankara and Kurdish..…
Turkish assault has raised international alarm over its mass displacement of civilians and the possibility of ISIL militants escaping from Kurdish prisons. Ankara is facing threats of possible sanctions from United States while Arab League has denounced the operation and NATO allies..…
Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighters killed at least two Kurdish prisoners on Saturday, one of them lying on the ground with his hands bound behind his back, in illustration of the forces unleashed by President Trump's decision to pull back American troops shielding former Kurdish..…
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