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Screen capture from video showing the arrest of a Syrian woman as a suspect in a bomb attack in Istanbul, Turkey, November 14. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2022, 6:30 pm
Kurdish groups deny involvement in deadly Turkey bombing after suspect arrested
Turkish security says Syrian suspect confessed to being an agent of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party; minister pans US condolence message
By Agencies
Shortly after the Turkish operation inside Syria had started, local residents cheer and applaud as a convoy of Turkish forces vehicles is driven through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Oct. 9, 2019 (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
October 9, 2019, 11:28 pm
Turkey launches Syria ground assault on Kurdish forces after US troop withdrawal
Intensive bombardment of Kurdish positions by jets and artillery paves way for offensive; assault comes after Trump on Sunday announced US military pullback from border area
By Delil Souleiman and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi
In this photo taken Thursday, November 1, 2018, Turkish and US troops conduct joint patrols around the Syrian town of Manbij, as part of an agreement that aimed to ease tensions between the two NATO allies. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)
December 23, 2018, 6:37 am
Turkey sends more troops to Syrian Kurdish area as US pulls out — monitor
Tanks and other heavy equipment seen moving into northeastern region day after Erdogan vows to push out both Kurdish fighters and Islamic State
By AFP
In this file picture taken on Friday, July 21, 2017, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
October 11, 2018, 7:46 pm
Kurds in Syria say they hold 900 foreign IS fighters
Figure significantly up from last month, as local official accuses Western countries of ‘flouting their responsibility’ to accept their citizens back
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 27, 2018, 2:22 pm
Trump addresses Kurdish reporter as ‘Mr. Kurd’
Kurdistan TV journalist Rahim Rashidi delighted by nickname given to him by US president at press conference
By ToI Staff
In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a US-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a US position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
July 16, 2018, 6:36 am
Last of Kurdish militia leave Syria’s Manbij to defuse Turkey tensions
Ankara had threatened to advance toward northern city to oust YPG fighters, who had stayed after defeating IS, raising fears of clash with US and French troops also stationed there
By AFP
File: Arab and Kurdish fighters with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces move toward the front line to battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 22, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)
October 21, 2017, 8:02 am
What impact will Raqqa’s fall have on Syria’s complex war?
Former Islamic State stronghold was captured by Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, after a battle that lasted over 4 months
By Sara Hussein
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