SDF Proposes Creation of DMZ in Kobani Amid Fears of Turkiye-Backed Incursion - Commander

US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) propose to create a demilitarized zone in the northeastern Syrian city of Kobani, controlled by US troops, SDF Commander Gen. Abdi Mazloum said on Friday amid the possible Turkiye-backed incursion in the city.

Turkish jets hit "targets" in Syria, Iraq

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.

Long-Term Occupation of Syria : Turkey seeks to "rebuild" Syrian cities after clearing of ISIL

Turkey will start reconstructing infrastructures in the area between Jarablus and al-Rai in northern Syria, which has been cleared of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of Turkey’s ongoing Euphrates Shield operation.

Syrian regime wants YPG to evacuate the north, Aleppo neighborhood

As the Assad regime gains the upper hand in the five-year-long civil war in Syria with the Russian intervention in September 2015, culminating in the recent defeat of the opposition in Aleppo, they now want the PKK-linked Kurdish militia to give up control of areas bordering Turkey.

US arming PYD/YPG source of concern for Turkey : trying to distinguish between “good” and “bad” terrorist groups

The United States arming the PYD/YPG is a source of concern for Turkey as these terrorist organizations pose a threat to Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.

Turkey’s Wall on Syrian Border 'Invasive, Aimed at Separating the Kurds'

Thousands of residents of Kobani canton in northern Syria are protesting against Turkey’s construction of a wall along their joint border, which has sparked clashes with the Turkish police; in an interview with Sputnik Turkiye the canton’s Defense Minister has called the move invasive while other experts say it is aimed at separating the Kurds.

Syrian Kurds set to announce federal system in northern Syria

Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Wednesday, a Syrian Kurdish official said, taking matters into their own hands after being excluded so far from political talks to resolve the Syrian war.

Erdogan: U.S. Should Choose Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed anger over a U.S. official's visit to a northern Syrian town that is under the control of Kurdish forces.

No solution in Syria crisis without Turkey, says Davutoglu. "The PYD will not pass to the west of the Euphrates"

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Monday that the Syria crisis cannot be resolved without Turkey.

Turkey attacks Kurdish fighters inside Syria

Turkey has confirmed that the country's military has attacked fighters from the main Kurdish force in northern Syria.

Tel Abyad joins Kurdish-led ‘gov’t’ in Syria, increasing Kurdish influence at Turkish border

A Syrian town captured by Kurdish-led forces from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in June joined the Kurdish-led political order in northern Syria on Wednesday, officials said, a move likely to deepen Turkish concerns about the Kurds' expanding role just over the border.

Terrorist Militants Using Turkish Lira in Northern Syria

Terrorist militants in northern Syria said on Tuesday they would begin trading in Turkish lira instead of the Syrian pound, as Ankara plans to create an ISIL-free zone along its border with the war-torn country.

Kurdish militants say killed Turkish police officers in revenge for suicide bombing

Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for Wednesday's killing of two police officers in southeast Turkey, saying it was retaliation for a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State which killed 32 people.

Turkish army reluctant over government will to intervene in Syria

Turkey’s government wants more active military action to support the Free Syrian Army (FSA) against the regime, Kurdish and jihadist forces in Syrian territory, but the military is reluctant to do so, playing for time as the country heads for a new coalition government, official sources told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Kurdish fighters completely dislodge ISIS out of Syria's Kobane

The Kurdish fighters have regained control of the entire city of Ayn al-Arab, or Kobane, in northern Syria, after driving out the militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, a monitor group reported on Saturday.

Erdoğan, Davutoğlu deny ISIS launched Kobane attack from Turkey, accuse HDP of ‘provocation’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu have both vehemently denied as “propaganda” accusations that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists were allowed to cross from Turkey into Syria to launch a fresh assault on the symbolic battleground town of Kobane.

Claims of complicity irk Turkey after ISIL’s attack on Kobani

The unexpected and deadly attack of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Syria's Kobani early on Thursday unleashed a torrent of debate over how the fighters penetrated the town and whether they entered from Turkish territory, prompting Turkish officials to strongly deny such claims.

ISIS executes women, children in Kobane

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters executed at least 20 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children, in an attack on a village south of the Syrian town of Kobane, a group monitoring the war said on Thursday.

Islamists, Kurdish groups clash in Turkey, two killed

Two were killed and three injured Saturday in clashes between Kurdish rebels and a Sunni Islamist group in southeast Turkey near the Syrian border, a local governor’s office said.

Turkey denies ISIS attacked Kobane from its territory

Turkey denied on Saturday that jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have launched an attack on the border town of Kobane from its territory, an official statement said.