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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 22nd, 2018 - 09:00 GMT

Erdogan Accuses U.S. of Refusing to Sell Weapons to Ankara While Arming Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the US and its allies have been providing free weapons to Kurdish militants operating in northern Syria in a move that poses a threat to Turkey's security.

Turkish-backed forces looting from shops inside Afrin (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba/AFP)

March 19th, 2018 - 01:17 GMT

Turkey May Be Violating International Law in its Afrin Offensive

On Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned the Syrian regime against entering Afrin province in northern Syria (AFP)

February 19th, 2018 - 02:23 GMT

Turkey Warned Syria Against Entering Afrin

A Turkish soldier stands on a tank near the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province on January 24, 2018, as part of the operation "Olive Branch", launched a few days ago. The operation aims to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, which Turkey considers to be a terror group, from its enclave of Afrin.
(OZAN KOSE / AFP)

January 26th, 2018 - 10:18 GMT

Syria Buffer Zone Offered by the US to Cool Turkey's Reaction

Turkish tanks are parked near the Syrian border at the Hassa district in Hatay province on Jan. 24, 2018, as part of the so-called Operation Olive Branch in Syria (AFP)

January 25th, 2018 - 05:04 GMT

Germany Postpones Decision to Upgrade Turkey Tanks Amid Syria Operation

Turkey's 'Olive Branch' for Syria's Kurds (Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP)

January 22nd, 2018 - 07:04 GMT

Turkey's 'Operation Olive Branch' Raises Eyebrows for its Irony

A Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Jan. 18, 2018 (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

January 21st, 2018 - 03:01 GMT

France Calls for Emergency UN Meeting Over Syria

Turkish-backed fighters from the Free Syrian Army stand in the Tal Malid area, north of Aleppo, as they fire towards Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) positions in the village of Um al-Hosh, in the area of Afrin, on Jan. 20, 2018 (Nazeer al-Khatib / AFP)

January 21st, 2018 - 11:23 GMT

Turkish Troops Push Ahead With Afrin Operation

A boy sits on top of a destroyed tank in Syria, AFP/File

October 18th, 2017 - 01:54 GMT

The Atlantic Got it Wrong: The War on ISIS Further Tore the Middle East Apart

The upcoming referendum on Kurdish independence has the potential to roil both geopolitical alliances and oil markets. (AFP/ File)

September 21st, 2017 - 12:13 GMT

Opinion: Will an Independent Kurdistan Cause a Rift in Oil Markets?

Anti-Erdogan protesters in Washington, D.C. (AFP/Drew Angerer)

August 30th, 2017 - 12:32 GMT

15 Erdogan Security Guards Indicted in US Over Attacks on Protesters

The latest spat between Ankara and Berlin risks propelling a months-long crisis in ties between the two NATO allies to a new level ahead of Germany's Sept. 24 general election (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

August 20th, 2017 - 09:33 GMT

Germany, Turkey in War of Words Over Erdogan’s Election ‘Interference’

Turkey’s concern is that Syrian Kurds try to unify its semi-autonomous regions in northern Syria and threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. (AFP)

August 7th, 2017 - 07:27 GMT

Is Erdogan Planning a New Attack on Northern Syria?