This article was published on Ekurd Daily on February 15, 2015. BEIRUT — Turkey defied international calls and shelled parts of northern Syria for a third day on Monday, insisting it would not allow Kurdish-led forces to seize key areas along the border. The renewed...
Published by Ekurd 16 February 2016 BEIRUT,— Kurdish-led forces on Monday seized a key rebel bastion in Syria’s Aleppo province, extending the opposition’s losses in the region after a major regime operation there, a monitor said.The Syrian Democratic...
Published by Ekurd, 15 February 2016 MOSCOW,— Russia said on Monday that Turkey’s shelling of Kurdish and Syrian regime positions in the north of the country was a “provocative” action. “Moscow expresses its most serious concern about aggressive actions by...
Smoke billows from a fire at the southeastern town of Nusaybin, Turkey, near the border with Syria, where Turkish security forces are battling militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers, Party or PKK, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, a day after Turkish media reports...
A woman makes her way through the rubble of damaged buildings after airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces in the rebel-held town of Dael, in Daraa province, Syria, Feb. 12, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir) Published by Al Monitor 14 February 2016 Turkey...
This article was published on Al-Monitor on February 4, 2016. ANKARA, Turkey — Ahead of the June 7 elections last year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the Kurdish settlement process on hold. Then, addressing a rally in Istanbul in September, he said, “Turkey...
