Nearly170,000peoplehavefledafteraTurkish-ledassaultontheKurdish-majoritySyriancityofAfrin,theUNsaidFriday,pointingtotheharrowingconditionsfacedbythosedisplaced.
Turkey’soffensiveagainstKurdishfightersinSyriahasdominatednewsheadlinessinceitwaslaunchedtwomonthsago,andnow"OperationOliveBranch"willalsobefeaturedontheshowtim
Turkish-ledforcessecuredthecityofAfrinonMondayafteradeadlytwo-monthassaultthatdealttheKurdsamajorblowandcouldreshapetheregion.Oppositiongroupssupportingthecaptu
TheTurkisharmyandalliedSyrianrebelshavesurroundedthecityofAfrininnorthernSyriacontrolledbyKurdishmilitiathatisthekeytargetofAnkara'scross-borderoperation,themil
Turkeyisaimingtocontaintheterroristthreatatitssouthernborderswithanintegratedmilitarystrategy,signalingajointoperationwiththeIraqigovernmentagainsttheKurdistanW
EightTurkishsoldierswerekilledand13otherswoundedduringclashesinnorthwestSyria'sAfrinregion,TurkishGeneralStaffsaidlateThursday.Thedeathtoll,releasedbytheTurkish
AsTurkeyisrejectingdemandsforsuspendingitsmilitaryoperationagainstKurdishmilitiainnorthwesternSyriafollowingaUNresolutioncallingforaceasefireintheArabcountry,An
TurkeyneverusedchemicalweaponsinitsoperationsinSyria,andtakestheutmostcareofcivilians,aTurkishdiplomaticsourcesaid,afterSyrianKurdishforcesandamonitoringgroupac
TheSyrianrebelcommanderstaredatphotographsofhisfightersonthehillyfrontlineattheKurdishenclaveofAfrin,theirpickuptrucksstalledinthemudafteratorrentialdownpourofr
USPresidentDonaldTrumponWednesdayurgedhisTurkishcounterpartRecepTayyipErdogantolimithisforces'assaultagainstaKurdishenclaveinnorthernSyria,theWhiteHousesaid.USP
Atleast18civilianshavebeenkilledintheTurkishmilitarycampaignagainstSyria'sKurdish-heldAfrinenclaveinnorthernSyria,amonitorgroupreportedSunday.TheSyrianObservato
Afterdaysofshelling,TurkeyannouncedonFridayitwaslaunchinganoffensiveagainsttheSyriandistrictofAfrin,whichiscontrolledbytheKurdishgroupDemocraticUnionParty(PYD).
Following Turkey's deployment of troops around the Kurdish-held Afrin Canton in northwestern Syria, many feel a Turkish military operation is imminent, a sense augmented by reported withdrawal of most Russian troops from the canton.
FollowingTurkey'sdeploymentoftroopsaroundtheKurdish-heldAfrinCantoninnorthwesternSyria,manyfeelaTurkishmilitaryoperationisimminent,asenseaugmentedbyreportedwith