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Trump to tell Erdogan of concern over Syria offensive

Washington - Muslimchronicle

President Donald Trump is expected to express American unease over a Turkish cross-border offensive into Syria, in a call scheduled with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a US official said Tuesday. "They are likely to talk soon," said a senior US administration official, confirming reports of a Trump-Erdogan call set for Wednesday. The US is urging restraint from Ankara after theRead more

Turkish Cypriot paper attacked over Syria 'occupation' headline

Nicosia - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of protesters Monday demonstrated outside the offices of a Turkish Cypriot newspaper that aroused the ire of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by slamming Ankara's operation inside Syria as an "occupation". The Afrika newspaper -- which is often anti-Ankara and staunchly critical of Erdogan -- wrote on its front page Sunday: "One more occupation from Turkey." This was an ironic reference to the 1974Read more

Turkey detains 24 over 'terror propaganda'

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkish authorities have detained 24 people on suspicion of disseminating "terror propaganda" against Turkey's military operation inside Syria, the interior ministry said on Monday. The suspects are being held in a nationwide crackdown on those posting social media messages deemed to be supportive of terror groups, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The arrests come after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged nationalRead 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 warns of 'heavy price' for Turkish protests against Syria operation

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a "heavy price" Sunday for protests against his government's military operation targeting Syrian Kurdish militia, after the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to take to the streets. "Some HDP representatives are calling on my Kurdish citizens to get out into the squares. Until now, not many people have come out,"Read more

Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation

Hassa - Muslimchronicle

Turkey 'not satisfied' with US assurance

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Thursday described as far from satisfactory US assurances playing down plans to create a border force in northern Syria made up of Kurdish militia forces deemed as "terrorists" by Ankara. Washington said it is training a 30,000-strong border force on Syria's northern frontier with Turkey, comprised of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, whom Ankara accuses of beingRead more

Turkey faces diplomatic minefield over new Syria operation

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Turkey has ramped up its rhetoric to threaten an imminent cross-border incursion against Kurdish militiain Syria but the attitude of Russia and to a lesser extent the United States will determine the nature of the operation, analysts say. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia controls key northern Syrian towns including Manbij and Afrin, and is an ally of the USRead more