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Yeni Şafak English
March 31, 2018
Video: Syrian locals ask Turkey to help clear Tal RifaatSyrians in the city of Manbij, which is occupied by U.S.-backed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists, also called for an “urgent operation” by Turkey to clear their region from terror elements.Turkey on Jan. 20 launched Operation Olive Branch toÃâà...
Sky News
March 30, 2018
The Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), an organisation classed as a terrorist group by Turkey and the European Union, also wounded four soldiers and three village guards in the attack, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. The assault took place in an area where roadworks were taking place,Ãâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 30, 2018
“Turkey's position on the PKK/PYD/YPG [outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party/Democratic Union Party/People's Protection Units], which seeks to legitimize itself as the SDF, is perfectly clear. We reject any efforts to promote 'dialogue,' 'contact' or 'mediation' between Turkey and those terrorist organizations,”Ãâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 29, 2018
A Peshmerga commander based in Sinjar in northern Iraq has said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is maintaining its presence in Iraq's Sinjar region despite Turkey's calls for its evacuation, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. “PKK-affiliated armed groups have maintained their presence inÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 28, 2018
Iraqi troops have been deployed in parts of the country's Sinjar district, from which militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) recently retreated. The move comes amid talks between Iraq and Turkey about possible moves to clear the entire border region of militants. Iraq's armed forces haveÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 24, 2018
FILE - in this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 file photo, members of the Kurdistan Workers' party, known by its Kurdish acronym PKK, are seen near the Iraqi-Turkish border, northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File). Asharq Al-Awsat. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Friday it would pull out itsÃâà...
Sussex Express
March 24, 2018
... in the city of Afrin, under bombardment by Turkish forces. Ms Campbell travelled to Syria in May last year to help the Kurds in their battle against the Islamic State (IS) group. Turkey sees the YPJ and associated YPG as an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a link that the Kurds deny.
Hurriyet Daily News
March 23, 2018
In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said an improvised explosive blew up and killed three soldiers and injured three others in search operations. Separately, an explosive — planted by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Bitlis — killed one Turkish soldier and injuredÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 23, 2018
The US has provided the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with arms as part of its wider military cooperation with the group in Syria, despite Turkey repeatedly voicing concerns over the group's ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) – which has long been designated a terror organization byÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 22, 2018
... Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Wednesday said his country would not allow the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil, contrary to previous statements by officials from both countries which alluded to a future joint Iraqi-Turkish campaign against the Kurdistan Workers' PartyÃâà...
Newsweek
March 22, 2018
Turkey, however, has argued these Kurdish groups are linked to the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that has launched a decades-long separatist insurgency against Ankara. Turkey launched an invasion of Syria in January to oust the YPG from the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin. On Sunday, nearlyÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 22, 2018
Turkish jets “neutralized” 38 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, security sources said on March 20. The Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply that the militants in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.
Hurriyet Daily News
March 13, 2018
20 to clear Afrin of the YPG, which Ankara regards as an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and a terrorist group. On March 12, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said the armed forces had gained control of more than half of the operation area in the Afrin region. The Turkish militaryÃâà...
Sputnik International
February 24, 2018
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that a worldwide propaganda campaign against Turkey, launched by the supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) amid the operation in Syria's Afrin, was "based on lies" and bound to fail. "Launching a worldwide warÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
December 31, 1999
A Turkish plane has landed in Arbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq, for the first time since Ankara lifted its six-month ban on flights to the city. The Turkish Airlines aircraft arrived at Arbil International Airport on March 27 at 02.30 a.m. local time with over 150Ãâà...
PRESSTV
December 31, 1999
The two officials also agreed on taking necessary measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and discussed cooperation in the fields of energy and the economy, according to a statement by the Turkish Prime Ministry's press office. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced onÃâà...
