Turkey has set a deadline for the withdrawal of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from areas of northern Syria near the Turkish border, a Turkish source told Al Jazeera. Both the US and Russia are trying to avert a Turkish invasion of northern...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Finland must declare an end to the arms embargo it imposed on Turkey in order for the Nordic nation to join NATO. Both Finland and Sweden placed export controls on Turkey in 2019 in response to a Turkish...
Sweden last week extradited a suspected member of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) to Turkey, a move Turkish officials have welcomed, but Ankara wants to see more extraditions before approving Stockholm's NATO membership. "This is a good start from Sweden that shows...
Kurdish SDF Asks Russia to Mediate Security Deal With Syria | Turkish forces gear up for another Syria invasion
The Pentagon said Wednesday that Turkish airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northeast Syria threaten the safety of US troops in the region as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed the operation will continue. "Recent air strikes in Syria directly...
The White House said Tuesday that Turkey has the "right to defend themselves" from Kurdish militant groups in northern Syria and Iraq following massive Turkish airstrikes in the region. "Turkey does continue to suffer a legitimate terrorist threat, particularly to...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday threatened to launch a ground offensive against Kurdish groups in northern Syria "as soon as possible." Erdogan's warning came after Turkey launched major airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq, targeting Kurdish...
Finland's foreign minister said Saturday that last week's bombing in Istanbul, which Ankara has blamed on the Kurdish militant group PKK, could hinder talks with Turkey on joining NATO Turkey has held up Finland and Sweden's NATO bid over their alleged support for the...
Turkey's interior minister on Monday said that three people were killed after rockets hit the Turkish district of Karkamis, near the Syrian border, in an attack likely carried out by Kurdish militants. The rocket attack came a day after Turkey launched massive...
Turkey carried out dozens of airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq on Sunday against Kurdish groups it blamed for a recent deadly bombing in Istanbul. Ankara blamed the Kurdish militant group PKK for the Istanbul bombing, which killed six people and wounded at least...
