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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Democratic Union Party (PYD)

People walk by election campaign billboards showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, alongside Blue and White party leaders, from left to right, Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi, in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2019. Hebrew on billboards reads, left, "A strong Likud, a strong Israel," and on the right, "Every vote counts, Blue and White victory." (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 22, 2019, 5:48 am
Polls apart: Central Israel goes for Gantz while the south sticks with Netanyahu
Results highlight geographical polarization with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to Likud and others opting overwhelmingly for rival Blue and White
By Raoul Wootliff
Backdropped by Jerusalem's Old City Walls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) holds a press conference with Moshe Kahlon, January 21, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 20, 2019, 6:22 am
Did Moshe Kahlon’s ‘sane right’ voters revolt against Netanyahu?
In six different cities, an analysis of voting figures shows, the merger with Kahlon’s Kulanu did not boost Likud, while Labor, Yisrael Beytenu and even Shas rose instead
By Simona Weinglass
Syrian Kurd Nazdan, who fled her home in Qamishli, Syria, wears traditional clothes as she dances and waves a Kurdish flag, during a celebration of Nowruz day, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
October 8, 2017, 3:18 pm
It’s not independence, but Syria’s Kurds entrench self-rule
As Kurdistan separatists spark major conflict across the border in Iraq, their Syrian brethren are making major advances toward their own less ambitious goal
By Sarah El Deeb
Image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP/Militant Website)
October 27, 2016, 4:04 pm
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels targeting IS stronghold of Raqqa
President Erdogan says opposition forces poised to launch offensive on de facto capital of jihadist group
By AFP
Turkish army tanks and armored personnel carriers move toward the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, August 25, 2016 (AP Photo/Halit Onur Sandal, File)
October 24, 2016, 6:09 pm
Nearly 100 civilians said killed in Turkish Syria op
Monitoring group says 22 children among casualties from offensive by Ankara and its rebel allies to oust IS, Kurdish militants from border region
By AFP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge in Istanbul on August 26, 2016. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
August 28, 2016, 9:26 pm
Erdogan: Turkey will fight Syrian Kurds same as Islamic State
Visiting town recently hit by suicide bomber, president says Ankara ‘will not allow any terror activity on or near our borders’
By AFP
This picture taken from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 24, 2016 shows Turkish army tanks and pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighter trucks positioned two kilometers west from the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarablus. (AFP/ BULENT KILIC)
August 24, 2016, 7:56 pm
Rebels say Jarablus taken from IS, as Turkey pushes into Syria
IS fighters reported fleeing from key town on border as Turkish air and artillery strikes pound dozens of targets
By AFP
Turkish artillery fire from the border toward northern Syria, in Kilis, Turkey on Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Halit Onur Sandal)
August 23, 2016, 10:47 am
Turkey hits Islamic State with fresh artillery strikes
After two mortar rounds hit Karkamis in Turkey, cannons blast jihadist positions in Syria’s Jarablus
By AFP
Turkish police work near the explosion scene following a late night attack on a wedding party that left at least 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEP)
August 22, 2016, 10:11 pm
In about face, Turkey admits ‘no clue’ who carried out wedding attack
After pinning blast that killed 54 on teen sent by Islamic State, PM says that information is ‘unfortunately not right’
By AFP
DC Metropolitan Police officers stand guard as protesters rally against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan outside of the Brookings Institution, March 31, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
March 31, 2016, 10:29 pm
Turkish president’s guards scuffle with protesters in Washington
Police forced to get between security detail and demonstrators in donnybrook outside think tank hosting Erdogan speech
By AFP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R) pray during the funeral ceremony for an army officer in Ankara, on February 18, 2016, a day after an attack targeted a convoy of military service vehicles in the capital. (AFP / ADEM ALTAN)
February 19, 2016, 6:55 pm
Erdogan: ‘No doubt’ Syrian Kurds behind Ankara attack
Turkey’s claim that YPG perpetrated deadly car bombing met with skepticism from US, which works with group against IS
By Stuart Williams
Turkish forensic experts inspect the explosion scene in Ankara on February 18, 2016 a day after a car bombing that targeted military vehicles. (AFP / ADEM ALTAN)
February 18, 2016, 10:31 am
Turkey says Ankara bomber was Syrian linked to Kurdish fighters
Officials accuse Salih Necar, who entered country as a refugee, in blast that killed 28 people and injured 61; PYD head denies responsibility
By AFP
Turkish artillery fire from the border toward northern Syria, in Kilis, Turkey on Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Halit Onur Sandal)
February 17, 2016, 5:01 pm
Turkey vows to keep up strikes on Kurds in northern Syria
Erdogan rejects calls for end to cross-border assault, says it will not tolerate Kurdish stronghold on its border
By AFP
Overview of the Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria’s five-year conflict began Friday at the UN headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
January 30, 2016, 8:15 pm
Syria’s Kurds leave Geneva after being excluded from talks
But main Syrian opposition delegation flies in for UN-sponsored peace negotiations aimed at ending civil war
By Bassam Mroue
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds his annual press conference in Moscow, January 26, 2016. (AFP Photo/Alexander Nemenov)
January 26, 2016, 2:33 pm
Russia says Syria talks will fail if Kurds not invited
FM Sergey Lavrov hints at Turkish opposition, says it’s up to UN envoy to decide whom to include
By AFP
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