Dangerous gamble: The Hindu Editorial on Turkey’s attacks on Syrian Kurds
2 years ago

Dangerous gamble: The Hindu Editorial on Turkey’s attacks on Syrian Kurds

The Hindu  

Turkey’s recent attacks on Syria’s Kurdish towns and its threat of a ground invasion could destabilise the border region, which has yet to recover from the scars of a long civil war and the violence by the Islamic State terrorist group. Turkey has blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Kurdish militant group operating in its southeastern parts, and the People’s Protection Units, a Syrian-Kurdish militia, for the blast and has carried out air strikes in Syria’s Kurdish towns. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to create a buffer zone between the YPG-controlled towns in Syria and Turkey’s own Kurdish territories, where the state has been fighting the PKK. Turkey has carried out several incursions in the past into Syria, gobbling up territories now manned by the Syrian National Army, a rebel umbrella group that is opposed to Damascus and backed by Ankara.

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Turkey to step up offensive against Kurds, expected to launch full-scale invasion of Syria: Report
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6 days, 19 hours ago

Turkey to step up offensive against Kurds, expected to launch full-scale invasion of Syria: Report

Firstpost  

Utilising the chaos in Syria in the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Turkey has mobilised its military along with militias it sponsors along the border with Kurdish-held Syrian territories in what appears to be a preparation for an imminent invasion, according to a report Amid chaos in the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Turkey appears set to invade Syria and …

Top Kurdish commander warns of 'bloody civil war' in Syria as Turkey & Islamists continue attacks
1 week, 3 days ago

Top Kurdish commander warns of 'bloody civil war' in Syria as Turkey & Islamists continue attacks

Firstpost  

As Turkey has joined hands with Syrian Islamist groups, including the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, against the Kurds, the top Kurdish general has warned that the country may be headed into another round of ‘bloody civil war’ General Mazloum Abdi, the commander of Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, has warned that the country may be headed into another round of a “bloody …

With Assad’s Fall, Erdogan Oversees Turkey’s Growing Regional Clout
1 week, 6 days ago

With Assad’s Fall, Erdogan Oversees Turkey’s Growing Regional Clout

Live Mint  

-- Of all the winners and losers from Syria’s sudden change of power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands out as among those with the most to gain. “While Ankara’s precise role in the surprising turn of events remains a topic of speculation, the rebel offensive could not have gone ahead without Turkey’s consent and support.” The question now is …

Turkey’s Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria
1 month, 1 week ago

Turkey’s Erdogan says he remains hopeful about reconciliation with Syria

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he remains hopeful that a reconciliation with Syrian President Bashar Assad can be achieved to end more than a decade of tensions between their two neighboring countries, state-run media reported on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists on his return from trips to Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan, Erdogan said he believes a …

Turkey strikes northern Iraq and Syria after attack kills 5 near Ankara
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Turkey strikes northern Iraq and Syria after attack kills 5 near Ankara

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The strikes targeted sites linked …

Five killed and dozens injured in terror attack at Turkish aerospace firm
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Five killed and dozens injured in terror attack at Turkish aerospace firm

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Five people were killed and …

Deadly Attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. Leaves 5 Dead
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2 months ago

Deadly Attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. Leaves 5 Dead

Live Mint  

Turkey confirms five deaths in an attack on a state-owned defense company, the deadliest act of terrorism in the country in nearly two years. The attack, carried out by two assailants, resulted in the deaths of five people and 22 wounded. The perpetrators are believed to be members of the Kurdish-backed militant group, the PKK, and the attack is seen …

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following deadly terrorist attack on defence company that left five dead and 22 injured
2 months ago

Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following deadly terrorist attack on defence company that left five dead and 22 injured

Daily Mail  

Turkey's air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in an apparent retaliation to a terrorist attack that killed five people and wounded 22 others. Authorities said she and a male attacker were 'neutralised' The two people with guns and backpacks during an attack on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defence company Interior …

Fratricidal Jihad: Assessing the Central Asian ISKP Attacks on Turkey
9 months ago

Fratricidal Jihad: Assessing the Central Asian ISKP Attacks on Turkey

The Diplomat  

Although Turkey regards the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia as its strategic allies, viewing them as “brothers with common historical, linguistic, and cultural ties,” and confidently assumes the role of a “big brother” to politically and economically integrate the vast Turkic world, it has paradoxically encountered security threats from Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi groups affiliated with the Islamic State and al-Qaida …

Turkey’s top diplomat visits Iraq and seeks support against Kurdish militant group
9 months, 1 week ago

Turkey’s top diplomat visits Iraq and seeks support against Kurdish militant group

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Turkey’s top diplomat was in Baghdad for high-level meetings on Thursday, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expected visit next month and a potential Turkish offensive against a Kurdish militant group that maintains bases in Iraq. A joint statement issued by the two countries after Thursday’s meetings said both sides had “stressed that the PKK organization represents a …

Turkey's Erdogan vows to intensify strikes against Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq
11 months, 1 week ago

Turkey's Erdogan vows to intensify strikes against Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq

Firstpost  

Days after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Tuesday his commitment to expanding military operations against groups associated with Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria. Following the attempt to infiltrate a military base in the northern Iraq semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Friday, Turkish warplanes and drones have …

Turkey’s Erdogan vows to widen operations against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq
11 months, 1 week ago

Turkey’s Erdogan vows to widen operations against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to widen military operations against groups linked to Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria, days after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers. Turkish warplanes and drones have been carrying out airstrikes on targets in Syria and Iraq believed to be affiliated …

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after 9 soldiers were killed
11 months, 1 week ago

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after 9 soldiers were killed

Associated Press  

ISTANBUL — Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, coming a day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers. On Friday night, attackers attempted to infiltrate a military base in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, killing five soldiers. Three weeks ago, …

Turkey launches air attacks against Kurdish rebels in Iraq and Syria
11 months, 1 week ago

Turkey launches air attacks against Kurdish rebels in Iraq and Syria

Al Jazeera  

Defence ministry says 29 locations hit after attack on Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers. Turkey has bombed multiple locations allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers in Iraq, the defence ministry said. The ministry said the attacks targeted 29 locations – including “caves, bunkers, …

Turkey hits 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Turkey hits 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has hit more than 70 sites allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq during airstrikes launched this week in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq, the defense minister said Wednesday. At least 59 Kurdish militants were killed in the strikes as well as in land clashes, Yasar Guler said …

Turkey hits 71 targets in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Turkey hits 71 targets in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths

Al Jazeera  

Twelve Turkish soldiers were recently killed during fighting with banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party in northern Iraq. Turkey has hit 71 sites allegedly linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq during air raids launched this week in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq, the defence minister has said. Twelve Turkish soldiers were killed during fighting …

Turkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers were killed
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Turkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers were killed

Associated Press  

QAMISHLI, Syria — Turkey intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend. In northeast Syria, at least eight civilians were killed in Turkish airstrikes Monday, including two women, Farhad Shami, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said in a post on …

Turkey says its warplanes have hit suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq
1 year ago

Turkey says its warplanes have hit suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes carried out new airstrikes Wednesday against Kurdish militant targets in neighboring Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said, a day after Turkish and Iraqi officials held high-level security talks in Ankara. Turkey often launches strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq that it believes to be affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a banned …

Turkish strikes on northeast Syria kill 29: Kurdish forces
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkish strikes on northeast Syria kill 29: Kurdish forces

The Hindu  

Turkish attacks in Kurdish-held northeast Syria killed 29 Kurdish security personnel and wounded 28 at an academy for the forces, authorities in the semi-autonomous area said on October 9. Turkey's Defence Ministry said on October 6 it launched a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for an attack in Ankara earlier this month that wounded two security personnel. Turkey …

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Turkish warplanes launched a new round of airstrikes against Kurdish militant targets in Iraq on Wednesday hours after the foreign minister warned that Turkey would hit the militant group’s positions in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for a suicide bombing in Ankara earlier this week. He said Turkey would now target facilities in Syria and Iraq belonging to …

Turkey says bombers came from Syria, threatens more cross-border strikes
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey says bombers came from Syria, threatens more cross-border strikes

Al Jazeera  

Turkey warns it could step up air strikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq in response to PKK’s weekend attack in Ankara. Turkey’s military conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and staged several raids across the country this week in response to the attack, detaining dozens of suspects with alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, listed as …

Vantage: How Turkiye’s Iraq bombing helps Erdogan
1 year, 2 months ago

Vantage: How Turkiye’s Iraq bombing helps Erdogan

Firstpost  

Around 20 sites were bombed, including caves, shelters and depots. Ankara hasn’t confirmed the number of kills, but their statement says, ‘many militants were neutralised’ In a recent development that has ignited fresh tensions in an ongoing conflict, Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish militants. Ankara hasn’t confirmed the number of kills, but their statement says, “many …

Turkey hits Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and detains about 1,000 people days after Ankara blast
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey hits Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and detains about 1,000 people days after Ankara blast

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes carried out new airstrikes against suspected Kurdish militant sites in northern Iraq on Tuesday, days after a suicide attack in the Turkish capital. It was Turkey’s second cross-border aerial operation against PKK targets in northern Iraq since the attack in Ankara on Sunday. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that 55 people suspected of being part …

Ankara bomb blast: What’s Turkey’s troubled history with the PKK?
1 year, 2 months ago

Ankara bomb blast: What’s Turkey’s troubled history with the PKK?

Al Jazeera  

Turkey has pointed the finger of blame at PKK, which has been waging an armed rebellion against Ankara for decades. Within hours of the attack, Turkey carried out air raids on northern Iraq, targeting what it said were 20 PKK positions. The PKK has been designated as a “terrorist organisation” by Ankara and its NATO allies, who condemned Sunday’s attack …

Turkey strikes Kurds in Iraq after Ankara bombing
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey strikes Kurds in Iraq after Ankara bombing

Firstpost  

The bombing on Ataturk Boulevard was the first in Ankara since a wave of attacks in Turkish cities in 2016 that were carried out by Kurdish militants, the Islamic State, and other organisations Hours after Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the first bomb attack in the capital Ankara in years, Turkey claimed to have launched airstrikes on militant targets in …

Turkey suicide attack: Kurdistan Workers’ Party accepts responsibility
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey suicide attack: Kurdistan Workers’ Party accepts responsibility

Live Mint  

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party Sunday claimed responsibility for the suicide attack near the office of the Turkish Interior Ministry in Ankara, ANI reported citing Al Jazeera report. "A sacrificial action was carried out against the Turkish Interior Ministry by a team from our Immortal Brigade", the Al Jazeera reported, citing a statement the outfit sent to the ANF news agency. …

Turkey says PKK targets in north Iraq destroyed after Ankara suicide attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey says PKK targets in north Iraq destroyed after Ankara suicide attack

Al Jazeera  

Air strikes in northern Iraq destroy Kurdish targets after the bombing in the capital, says the Turkish interior ministry. A Turkish interior ministry statement on Sunday said about 20 targets of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party group were “destroyed” in the aerial operation, including caves, shelters and depots. Ankara bombing Sunday’s strikes came hours after a suicide bomber detonated an …

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels after suicide blast in capital before president’s speech
1 year, 2 months ago

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels after suicide blast in capital before president’s speech

LA Times  

Turkish security forces cordon off an area after an explosion in Ankara on Oct. 1, 2023. A ministry statement said about 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the aerial operation, including caves, shelters and depots. Two police officers were slightly wounded in the bombing near the ministry entrance, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on …

Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region
1 year, 3 months ago

Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq on Thursday killed three members of a Kurdish insurgent group, officials said, as Ankara’s top diplomat visited the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government. On Thursday, a Turkish military drone targeted a vehicle some 137 kilometers north of the city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish government, authorities …

9 killed, several injured in Russian airstrike attack on Syria's Idlib
1 year, 5 months ago

9 killed, several injured in Russian airstrike attack on Syria's Idlib

India Today  

Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding several in a major flare-up of violence in the country's last opposition stronghold, witnesses and rescuers said. War planes flying at high altitude, which tracking centres said were Russian Sukhoi jets, dropped bombs on a vegetable market in …

Death toll rises to over 16,000 in Turkey, Syria quake
1 year, 10 months ago

Death toll rises to over 16,000 in Turkey, Syria quake

The Hindu  

Freezing temperatures deepened the misery on February 9 for survivors of a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 16,000 people, as rescuers raced to save countless people still trapped under rubble. The death toll from February 6th’s 7.8-magnitude quake is expected to rise sharply as rescue efforts pass the 72-hour mark that disaster experts consider the …

Signals of a slow return to peace in Syria
1 year, 11 months ago

Signals of a slow return to peace in Syria

The Hindu  

As Syria enters the 13th year of its lethal civil conflict, a bomb explosion in Istanbul on November 13, that killed six persons, seems to have accelerated a diplomatic process which could bring peace to that tormented land. Turkish authorities immediately blamed Kurdish militants in Syria, represented by the People’s Protection Units, for the bombing, and even arrested a Syrian …

Why does Turkey want to launch another military offensive in Syria? | In Focus podcast
2 years ago

Why does Turkey want to launch another military offensive in Syria? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Tensions are rising in northern Syria along the border with Turkey – an area that is already facing a grave humanitarian crisis following a decade-long civil war. Now Turkey, which has already carried out four on-ground offensives in Syria since 2016, has announced that it could launch another big military operation against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF is …

Turkey says Kurdish armed groups in Syria ‘legitimate targets’
2 years ago

Turkey says Kurdish armed groups in Syria ‘legitimate targets’

Al Jazeera  

Ibrahim Kalin, the presidential spokesperson, tells Al Jazeera that Ankara will target the PKK, YPG and PYD Kurdish groups to protect its borders. The spokesperson for the Turkish presidency has told Al Jazeera that Kurdish armed groups in Syria are “legitimate targets”, and accused them of exploiting ties with the United States to justify their presence along Turkey’s border with …

SDF says no more anti-ISIL operations after Turkish attacks
2 years ago

SDF says no more anti-ISIL operations after Turkish attacks

Al Jazeera  

The predominantly Kurdish group Turkey blames for the November 13 Istanbul bombing says it won’t cooperate with US anti-ISIL operations. A spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls territory in northern Syria, said on Friday that “all coordination and joint counterterrorism operations” with the US-led coalition battling remnants of ISIL in Syria as well as “all the joint special …

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say
2 years ago

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — U.S. and Kurdish military officials said Tuesday that Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic State extremist group. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria, told reporters that the group’s joint counter-IS operations alongside the U.S.-led international coalition have been “temporarily …

Türkiye Targets Kurds: Ethnic Minorities March in Protests Against Airstrikes in Syria
2 years ago

Türkiye Targets Kurds: Ethnic Minorities March in Protests Against Airstrikes in Syria

News 18  

Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against days of deadly Turkish cross-border strikes targeting Kurdish groups in the country’s northeast. A separate Turkish drone strike killed five Syrian government soldiers near Tal Rifaat, also north of Aleppo, the Observatory added, reporting an exchange of shelling between Kurdish combatants and Turkish forces and their Syrian …

Turkish strikes on Kurds threaten Russian attempt at reconciliation between Ankara and Damascus
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkish strikes on Kurds threaten Russian attempt at reconciliation between Ankara and Damascus

Firstpost  

Russia has been trying to bring together both of its allies, Turkey and Syria, who have been at opposing ends in the conflict in Syria. But, the latest Turkish strikes on Kurdish-controlled areas threaten the reconciliation process Beirut: Russia has pushed for years for reconciliation between its ally, the Syrian government, and Turkey, which stood on opposing sides in Syria’s …

Turkey’s Erdogan: New ground offensive in Syria ‘when convenient’
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkey’s Erdogan: New ground offensive in Syria ‘when convenient’

Al Jazeera  

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country’s air operations against the YPG militia in northern Syria were only the beginning and that it would launch a land operation there when convenient. Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey was more determined than ever to secure its southern border with a “security corridor” while ensuring the territorial integrity of …

Why has the Turkish military ramped up operations near Syria?
2 years, 1 month ago

Why has the Turkish military ramped up operations near Syria?

Al Jazeera  

Turkey says it is determined to secure its southern border. Turkey’s defence ministry says its forces have hit nearly 500 targets in Kurdish-held areas since Sunday. Turkey is also reporting casualties among fighters from the SDF – the Syrian Democratic Forces. Since 2016, Turkish forces have conducted three ground operations to clear out YPG fighters from northern Syria. Presenter: Adrian …

Erdogan threatens Syria ground operation ‘as soon as possible’
2 years, 1 month ago

Erdogan threatens Syria ground operation ‘as soon as possible’

Al Jazeera  

Erdogan’s comments come as Russia calls for restraint, despite understanding Turkey’s ‘security concerns’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Ankara is planning to deploy ground forces to attack Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units, or YPG, forces based across the border in Syria. The Kremlin has said Russia respects Turkey’s “legitimate” security concerns over Syria but added that all parties …

Erdogan signals a Turkish ground offensive in Syria, Iraq
2 years, 1 month ago

Erdogan signals a Turkish ground offensive in Syria, Iraq

Al Jazeera  

Russia and the US call for de-escalation amid Turkish cross-border raids on Kurdish positions in Syria and Iraq. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signalled a possible ground offensive in northern Syria and Iraq after Ankara’s forces launched cross-border air raids on what they said were locations used by Kurdish groups they blame for a bombing in central Istanbul. Speaking …

Two killed in Turkey after rockets fired from Syria
2 years, 1 month ago

Two killed in Turkey after rockets fired from Syria

Al Jazeera  

Suspected Kurdish fighters fired rockets at the border town of Karkamis after Turkey had hit YPG positions in Syria. Two people have been killed after rockets hit the Turkish district of Karkamis, near the Syrian border, according to the country’s interior minister, Suleyman Soylu. According to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the rockets also hit two houses as well as a truck …

Turkey launches air raids against Kurdish militants in Syria, Iraq
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkey launches air raids against Kurdish militants in Syria, Iraq

The Hindu  

Turkey announced on Sunday it had carried out air strikes against the bases of outlawed Kurdish militants across northern Syria and Iraq, which it said were being used to launch "terrorist" attacks on Turkish soil. "Air Operation Claw-Sword was successfully carried out, within the scope of our strategy to eradicate terrorism at its source and eliminate terror attacks against our …

Turkish jets hit targets in Syria, Iraq after Istanbul bomb blast
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkish jets hit targets in Syria, Iraq after Istanbul bomb blast

Al Jazeera  

Kurdish fighters report ‘deaths and injuries’ after Turkish air raids hit Kobane and two villages housing people displaced by war in Syria. Turkish military planes have hit targets in northern Syria and Iraq, bombing bases Turkey’s defence ministry claimed were used by those behind an explosion in central Istanbul last weekend that killed six people and wounded more than 80. …

Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing

The Hindu  

Turkish police have apprehended more suspects in connection with the bombing of a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul that killed six people and wounded several dozen others, bringing the number of people in custody to 50, Turkey’s justice minister said Tuesday. Turkish authorities blamed the attack on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as well as Syrian Kurdish groups …

What we know about who is behind the Istanbul explosion
2 years, 1 month ago

What we know about who is behind the Istanbul explosion

Al Jazeera  

Initial findings indicate that Kurdish fighters were responsible for the deadly attack, the interior minister says. Police have arrested a suspected attacker for allegedly planting the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister has said, adding that initial findings indicate that Kurdish fighters were responsible for the deadly attack. He said security forces believe …

Turkey: At least 6 killed as blast rocks popular Istanbul street; Erdogan says initial probe points to 'terror attack'
2 years, 1 month ago

Turkey: At least 6 killed as blast rocks popular Istanbul street; Erdogan says initial probe points to 'terror attack'

Firstpost  

The cause of the explosion is not known yet. Turkey was hit by a string of deadly bombings between 2015 and 2017 by the Islamic State and outlawed Kurdish groups New Delhi: At least six people have been killed and several injured in a blast in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Sunday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the …

Timeline of major attacks in Turkey since 2015
2 years, 1 month ago

Timeline of major attacks in Turkey since 2015

Al Jazeera  

After at least six people were killed in an explosion in the heart of Istanbul, here’s a timeline of major blasts in Turkey. At least six people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare Istiklal avenue, the city’s governor has tweeted. Here’s a timeline of blasts in Turkey: July 2015: At least 30 people …

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