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US To Arm Kurdish Fighters In Syria
The United States on Tuesday announced it would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in Syria, a move likely to anger key ally Turkey which considers the Kurdish forces to be terrorists.
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Turkey President Erdogan Says Syria Ceasefire Must Not Include Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Syrian Kurdish militia forces must remain outside the scope of a ceasefire agreed between Syria's warring parties, just like ISIS terrorists and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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Twin Explosions Rock Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Headquarters
Twin explosions today hit the regional headquarters of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party in two cities, adding to escalating tensions in the run up to June 7 legislative elections.
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US To Arm Kurdish Fighters In Syria
The United States on Tuesday announced it would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in Syria, a move likely to anger key ally Turkey which considers the Kurdish forces to be terrorists.
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Turkey President Erdogan Says Syria Ceasefire Must Not Include Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said Syrian Kurdish militia forces must remain outside the scope of a ceasefire agreed between Syria's warring parties, just like ISIS terrorists and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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Twin Explosions Rock Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Headquarters
Twin explosions today hit the regional headquarters of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party in two cities, adding to escalating tensions in the run up to June 7 legislative elections.
