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Turkey presses assault on Kurdish militia in Syria

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies pressed an assault on a border enclave held by Kurdish militia on Tuesday but the fighting was more narrowly focused, a monitor said. Turkish warplanes carried out new strikes on the northwest of the Afrin enclave and also hit the outskirts of the mainly Kurdish-held city of Qamishli far to the east, woundingRead more

Turkey in new assault on Kurdish militia on Syria

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Monday intensified its offensive against Kurdish militia targets in Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed there would be no stepping back in a campaign that has stoked concern among Ankara's allies and neighbours. The Turkish military announced the death of its first soldier since the launch of operation "Olive Branch" on Saturday, its second major intervention in Syria's devastating seven-year civilRead more

Moscow rejects schemes to topple Syrian regime, Yemeni FM slams Houthis

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow rejects any schemes to topple the Syrian regime. Commenting on developments in Syria, he noted that Russia called for restraint and for respecting Syria’s sovereignty after Turkey launched its military operation in Afrin, north of Syria. During a press conference with his Yemeni counterpart Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi in Russia, Lavrov addedRead more

Syrian regime opens roads for Kurdish forces in Afrin, US 'not paying attention'

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

Following the Syrian regime condemning Turkish military operations and “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin on Saturday, the Assad regime opened up roads for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in order to transport weapons and reinforcements, the Anadolu Agency reported. According to the news agency, the Syrian regime opened the PYD-PKK-held Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, andRead more

Ten killed in Turkish attack on Kurdish-held Syrian region

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

Turkish attacks in the Afrin region of northern Syria killed ten people on Saturday, mostly civilians, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia which controls the area said. “Seven civilians were killed, including a child, as well as two female fighters and one male fighter,” said Birusk Hasakeh, spokesman for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin, adding that theRead more

Egypt condemns Turkish military operation in Syria's Afrin

CAIRO - Muslimchronicle

Egypt on Sunday condemned the Turkish military operation in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region. In a statement, Egypt's Foreign Ministry described the operation as a serious threat to Syria's sovereignty. It added that the operation hampers the efforts to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis and combat terrorism. The foreign minister reiterated Egypt's rejection of all military solutions whichRead more

Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia

Reyhanli - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Friday started fresh shelling of the Syrian town of Afrin in a move to oust a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers "terrorists" and vowed to press on with a full-scale operation against them. The Turkish government has repeatedly warned it will strike Syrian towns controlled by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, including Afrin, after theRead more

Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Friday started shelling the Syrian town of Afrin held by a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers “terrorists” in a move to oust them, the defense minister said. The Turkish government has repeatedly warned that a full-scale operation against Syrian towns controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia, including Afrin, is imminent after the US saidRead more

US urges Turkey not attack Syria’s Afrin

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

The US State Department urged Turkey on Thursday not to take military action against Afrin region in Syria and called instead for Ankara to remain focused on fighting ISIS militants in the region. Asked about signs that Turkey was preparing to strike a Kurdish militia in Afrin, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a briefing: "We would call ... onRead more

Turkey begins first wave of artillery fire on Kurds in Afrin

Afrin - Muslimchronicle

Turkey began its first wave of artillery fire targeting Kurdish fighters in Afrin, Syria on Tuesday night, said an Al Arabiya reporter. This comes as a retaliation to the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) firing a large number of missiles targeting settlements in the Azaz region bordering Turkey and Syria, which is controlled by the Turkish-backed opposition Free Syrian Army, mediaRead more