The U.S. has started withdrawal from military bases in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah to northern Iraq. The move comes following a recent troop pullout from the cities of Raqqah, Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and [ More … ]
Designation follows Trump’s pledge to issue executive order authorizing possible imposition of sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday on two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over Turkey’s anti-terror operation in northeastern [ More … ]
Turkey’s cross-border operation into northern Syria has so far neutralized 109 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists since it was launched on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Ankara launched on Wednesday the [ More … ]
Turkey and the Syrian National Army have launched their much-awaited operation against Daesh and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) terror groups in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday. “Our aim is to [ More … ]
Egyptian security teams reportedly made contacts in Manbij to coordinate steps taken against Turkey Things are heating up in Syria’s Manbij, located in the northeast of the Aleppo governorate, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided [ More … ]
Turkey will carry out a military operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria in a couple of days, and this step will facilitate the country’s political solution, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. [ More … ]
Turkish military shares pictures of Turkish and US soldiers during training Soldiers from Turkey and the U.S. continue joint training on combined patrols in Manbij, northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Sunday. The Turkish [ More … ]
Ankara says it will continue to target the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq until all threats posed by the terrorist group are eliminated Turkey’s objective to drain the PKK terror swamp in Qandil mountains in [ More … ]
State media says seven others wounded on attack on military base in Eruh district of Siirt province PKK militants staged an attack near a military base in southeast Turkey’s Siirt province, killing six Turkish security [ More … ]
Egypt’s foreign ministry on Sunday expressed condemnation of Turkey’s military intervention in Afrin, , saying it constitutes a “fresh violation of Syrian sovereignty.”!! Turkey’s army said it shelled shelters and hideouts used by militants in [ More … ]
A 12-room underground ammunition depot belonging to the PKK terror group’s Syrian affiliates the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People’s Protection Units (YPG) was discovered Sunday amid Operation Olive Branch in [ More … ]
Justice ministry submits extradition request for ex-PYD leader Muslum from Czech Republic. PKK-affiliated PYD’s former leader Salih Muslum detained in Prague, Turkey expects extradition Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül rejected Thursday that Turkey and Czechia [ More … ]
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says ‘no other NATO ally has suffered more terrorist attacks’ Amid the current Turkish-led counter-terrorist operation in Syria, Turkey has genuine security concerns, NATO’s chief said Wednesday. “Turkey has some legitimate [ More … ]
Strained by American support for a terrorist group in Syria, Turkish relations with the U.S. are close to breaking, warned Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday. “Ties with the U.S. are at very critical point. We [ More … ]
BY: Ibrahim Karagul That ‘map of evil’ is going to fail. This is homeland defense, and we know very well how to do this The operation that started with Afrin and is required to continue to [ More … ]
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