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Turkey clashes with Kurdish militia as US sounds alarm

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

The Turkish army on Tuesday clashed with Kurdish militia in Syria in an operation that has already left three of its soldiers dead, as the United States voiced alarm that the offensive could endanger attempts to end the Syrian civil war. Amid growing international concern over the four-day-old cross-border campaign into Turkey's neighbour, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Ankara would emergeRead 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

Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Saturday launched a new air and ground operation to oust a Kurdish militia from their northern Syrian enclave, defying US warnings that the action risked further destabilising the area after almost seven years of civil war. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had repeatedly vowed that Turkey would root out the "nests of terror" in Syria of the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia whichRead more

Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

Erdogan tells visiting US defence chief 'uneasy' over arming

Ankara - Muslimchronicle

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told visiting Pentagon chief Jim Mattis of Turkey's uneasiness over Washington arming a Syrian Kurdish militia viewed as a terror group by Ankara, a policy which has strained ties between the NATO allies. Mattis made the one-day visit after stopping in Iraq to review progress in the campaign against the Islamic State group, urgingRead more

Erdogan hosts Russia defence chief amid Syria border tensions

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday held talks with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Istanbul as tension soared on the Syrian border between Turkish troops and a Kurdish militia. Turkey and Russia were long at loggerheads over the Syrian conflict, with Ankara seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad and Moscow remaining his chief international ally. But cooperationRead more

Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, warns Kurdish militia

Karamis - Arab Today

Turkey sent more tanks into Syria on Thursday and sternly warned a Kurdish militia to withdraw from frontline positions, a day after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters captured a key border town from extremists. The tanks joined those which crossed the frontier on Wednesday in the so-called Operation Euphrates Shield, which Turkey says aims to rid the northern Syrian border areaRead more