Erdogan meets with Trump adviser Jared Kushner to discuss Mideast peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met with U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, during the American official's regional tour to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Erdogan regards himself as a champion of the Palestinians and Turkey has often been vocal in ...
U.S. cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad or Russia, U.S. general warns Kurds
The United States will have to sever its military assistance to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battling Islamic State if the fighters partner with Syrian President Bashar Assad or Russia, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday. The remarks by Army Lt. Gen. Paul ...
Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria's Manbij, Erdogan tells Trump
Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria's Manbij without delay, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Sunday, the Turkish presidency said. Erdogan said an attack that left four U.S. personnel dead last week in Manbij ...
A bomb planted on a public bus in the northwest Syrian town of Afrin killed three civilians and wounded about 20, several witnesses told Reuters on Sunday. The blast came on the first anniversary of Operation Olive Branch, an air and ground assault by Turkey ...
Islamic State in 'its final moments,' says U.S.-backed Syrian force
Islamic State militants are "living their final moments" in the last enclave they hold near the Iraqi border, where U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are attacking them, an SDF official said on Sunday. A defeat of the jihadis in the enclave would wipe out Islamic ...
Kurdish official asks for Washington's clarifications about planned withdrawal of U.S. troops
Syria's Kurds are awaiting clarifications from the U.S. over America's plans to pull out its troops from Syria following comments made by a top White House aide that appeared to counter earlier comments by President Donald Trump, a Syrian Kurdish official said Monday. Speaking from ...
Islamic State suicide bomber kills five in Syria's Kurd-liberated enclave of Raqqa: monitor
An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a center for Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Monday, killing four civilians and an anti-jihadist fighter, a monitor said. The attacker blew himself up after entering the center run by the Kurdish People's ...
Departing U.S. seeks to ensure 'Turks don't slaughter the Kurds' in Syria
The United States is speaking to Turkey to ensure it does not "slaughter" Kurds in Syria as U.S. troops leave, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday. Pompeo referenced the growing fears for U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in northern Syria as he defended President Donald Trump's ...
U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters seen quitting flash-point Syrian area near Manbij
A convoy of Syrian Kurdish fighters has pulled out of the flash-point area of Manbij in northern Syria, close to territory controlled by Turkey, Syria's defense ministry said on Wednesday. Some 30 km (20 miles) from the Turkish border, the town occupies a critical spot ...
GOP senator more upbeat on Syria troop pullout after Trump assures him Islamic State will fall first
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria. Sen. Lindsey Graham had warned that removing ...
Erdogan vows to 'remove' Kurd militia in Syria east of Euphrates if U.S. doesn't get them to leave
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed Turkey would remove a Kurdish militia viewed as terrorists by Ankara from northern Syria if the U.S. failed to ensure fighters leave the east of the Euphrates. The threat comes after Erdogan spoke on the phone with U.S. ...
Hundreds of female protesters took to the streets of the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Sunday to call for an end to violence against women. Some banging large drums and others ululating, they marched through the streets, an AFP correspondent said. "Underage marriage is a ...
