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Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in az-Ziyarah, in the government-controlled part of the northern Aleppo province, on March 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN)
March 17, 2018, 1:13 pm
More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria’s Afrin in three days
War monitor says ongoing Turkish offensive against US-backed Kurdish militia displacing tens of thousands in YPG-held enclave
By AFP
Illustrative image of a woman with a headscarf walking past the entrance to the Fatih Camii Mosque in Dresden, eastern Germany, where traces of smoke can be seen after a bomb attack, September 27, 2016. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/AFP)
March 13, 2018, 2:26 am
Arson attacks hit Turkish community centers, mosques in Germany
Ankara blames violence on Kurdish separatists protesting military offensive in northern Syria, summons German ambassador for ‘warning’
By AFP
In this Sept. 1, 2016, file photo, then co-chair of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim addresses journalists at the European Parliament in Brussels. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
February 25, 2018, 5:16 pm
Syrian Kurdish leader detained in Prague at Turkey’s request
Czech police confirm arrest of Salih Muslim, the former co-chair of the Democratic Union Party, who had a $1 million bounty on his head
By Bassem Mroue
A Turkish military truck carries a tank as it is dispatched to the border in Hatay, near the Turkey-Syria border, on January 31, 2018. (OZAN KOSE/AFP)
February 4, 2018, 4:16 pm
Turkey warns US troops may be fired on as Syria offensive widens
Deputy Prime Minister Bozdag says American troops wearing uniforms of Washington-allied, Ankara-opposed Kurdish militias could be accidentally targeted
By AFP
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand at a crossing point where Iraqis fleeing the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants cross to the Kurdish controlled area, in the Nineveh plain, northeast of Mosul, Nov. 17, 2016 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 16, 2017, 4:23 pm
Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum risks ‘civil war’
Vehemently opposed to Kurdish autonomy, Ankara cites ‘importance of preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity’ in next month’s non-binding vote
By AFP
In this February 22, 2015, file photo, Turkish military vehicles and tanks drive in the Syrian town of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Mursel Coban, Depo Photos, File)
March 12, 2017, 3:24 am
Turkey’s determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia
Ankara’s move against Kurdish-held Manbij has brought rare agreement between Moscow and Washington – and led US troops into the fray
By Sarah El Deeb
Illustrative: Smokes rise after alleged Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb outside a military station in Semdinli near the border with Iraq, Turkey, October, 9, 2016. (IHA via AP)
November 10, 2016, 2:32 pm
Kurds attack Turkish government building, wounding 3
District governor among those wounded in town of Derik, near border with Syria
By AP
In this Saturday, July 25, 2015 file photo, a demonstrator waves the People's Protection Units flag, known as YPG, which is the main Kurdish fighting force in Syria, during a demonstration in Irbil, the Northern Kurdish region of Iraq. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
March 18, 2016, 6:08 pm
After declaring autonomy, Syrian Kurds ‘open to ties with Israel’
Israeli professor says Jerusalem should endorse Kurdish aspirations in war-torn Syria, can help defeat Islamic State
By Dov Lieber
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