Kurdish fighters allege Turkey used chemical weapons during cease-fire in Syria
Disturbing video has emerged of severely burned Kurdish fighters who accused Turkish forces of launching an airstrike at them with munitions containing white phosphorus during a cease-fire. The graphic...
View ArticleTrump announces ‘permanent’ cease-fire in Syria, lifts US sanctions on Turkey
President Trump on Wednesday announced he is removing sanctions against Turkey after Ankara made its five-day ceasefire “permanent” in its fight against Kurdish forces in Syria. “I have, therefore,...
View ArticleTurkish president Erdogan demands Trump ‘hand over’ Kurdish militia leader
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded President Trump “hand over” the leader of a Kurdish militia who has been invited to testify before Congress, as the crisis in war-torn Syria deepens. “He...
View ArticleUS troops returning to Syria over fears ISIS will take oil fields
The crisis in Syria deepened further Friday as US officials acknowledged troops are returning to the war-torn country and the Turkish president demanded President Trump turn over a key Kurdish leader....
View ArticleErdogan should be indicted for war crimes: Ex-UN investigator
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and indicted for war crimes for his country’s military offensive in Syria, former prosecutor and U.N. investigator Carla Del Ponte said....
View ArticleRight-hand man to al-Baghdadi killed in Syria: Kurdish leader
The right-hand man to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a joint operation of US and Kurdish fighters in Syria hours after the Islamic State terror leader blew himself up during a raid conducted by US...
View ArticleKurdish informant who gave US key intel on al-Baghdadi even had his dirty...
A Kurdish informant inside ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s inner circle gave key details of the terror leader’s hideout and even proved he knew where Baghdadi was located by producing a pair of his...
View ArticleCeltics’ Enes Kanter calls out Ilhan Omar over Turkey sanctions vote
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter slammed freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar for voting against a bill to impose economic sanctions on Turkey over its offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Kanter,...
View ArticleCar bomb kills 13 in Syrian border town, Turkey blames Kurds
A car bomb killed 13 people Saturday in a market in the Northern Syria border town of Tal Abyad. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which also wounded about 20. Turkey’s Defense...
View ArticleTurkey says Kurdish fighters still remain near Syrian border
SURUC, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Russia and the U.S. to keep to their promises to ensure that Syrian Kurdish fighters pull out of Syrian borders areas with Turkey....
View ArticleSenior US envoy in Syria highly critical of troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior American diplomat has written a highly critical assessment of the Trump administration’s abrupt withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria last month, a decision that paved...
View ArticleTrump meets with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, claims Kurds...
President Trump Wednesday said Turkey is keeping ISIS in check and the ceasefire with the Kurds is “holding very well.” In an Oval Office meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Trump...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan showed propaganda film about Kurds in the Oval Office: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan whipped out his iPad and played a propaganda video portraying Kurdish fighters as terrorists during his meeting with President Trump in the White House, according...
View ArticleTrump confirms meeting with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan at NATO summit
President Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he held an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the NATO gathering in London with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two leaders discussed...
View ArticleTurkey moves troops across border into Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey’s Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the first known airborne-and-land offensive by...
View ArticleFacebook reportedly silenced an enemy of Turkey to prevent hit on its business
Sheryl Sandberg and other top Facebook execs silenced a Kurdish group at the request of the Turkish government in a bid to protect its business in 2018, according to a new report. According to...
View ArticleFirst migrant victim identified in English Channel capsize
Maryam Nuri Mohamed Amin, 24, a Kurdish woman from northern Iraq, had begun texting her fiancé as the group's dinghy began to deflate, the BBC reported.
View ArticlePM of Iraqi Kurdistan revealed as owner of $18M South Beach building
Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is the secret owner of a building in the heart of South Beach.
View ArticleUS downs Iran drone as Tehran targets Iraq Kurds over violent protests
“No US forces were wounded or killed as a result of the strikes and there is no damage to US equipment," added CENTCOM, which oversees US military operations in the region.
View ArticleHow the police-custody death of Mahsa Amini became Iran’s ‘George Floyd moment’
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody after her arrest for improperly wearing a hijab has sparked violent protests across Iran and demands for regime change.
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