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Deadly blasts rock Turkish-controlled areas in Syria
At least two people were killed and several others wounded Thursday in three separate blasts, including a suicide bombing, in Turkish-held areas of northern...
New allegations emerge about Turkey’s seizure of Afrin olives
Cevheri GüvenSeveral reports have claimed that the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), along with some businesspeople close to the Turkish government, have been engaged...
140 Turkish policemen, soldiers test positive for COVID-19 in Syria’s Afrin, Idlib
A total of 140 police and military members assigned to the Syria’s Idlib and Afrin regions have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Rahmi...
Explosion kills 46 civilians in Turkish-controlled Syrian town: report
At least 46 civilians were killed, including 11
children, when an explosive-rigged fuel truck detonated in the northern Syrian
town of Afrin, which was seized by...
400 Syrian officers to receive training in Turkey for policing in Tal Abyad
Some 400 Syrian police officers will start patrolling
in Turkish-held Syrian territory after receiving training in Turkey, the pro-government
Daily Sabah reported on Monday.The police officers...
Car bomb in Turkish-controlled Syrian town kills at least 9, injures 35
A car bomb went off on Thursday
at the entrance to a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkish forces and
allied Syrian fighters, killing at least...
Rights groups express concern over abuses against civilians in Turkish-held Syrian city of Afrin: report
Rights groups are expressing concerns over the
increasing abuses against civilians by rebel forces in the northwestern Syrian
city of Afrin, the Voice of America news...
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Journalist İshak Karakaş has been
handed down a jail sentence of 18 months, 22 days on charges of disseminating
terrorist propaganda due to his criticism of...
Kurdish singer facing terrorism charges flees Turkey
Kurdish singer and activist Ferhat Tunç told a news website on Tuesday that he left Turkey due to the increasing number of investigations into...
‘Do you know how much a bullet costs?’ Erdoğan says in response to high food prices
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a campaign event on Friday reacted to grievances about increasing food prices by pointing out the high cost...
Turkey accused of stealing Syrian olives, selling oil as its own
The government of Turkey has been accused of stealing olives from neighboring Syria, pressing them into oil and selling that oil to European Union...
Turkey denies journalists, human rights observers access to Afrin, YPG spokesman claims
Turkey continues to deny journalists and human rights observers access to Afrin to document violations, Nuri Mahmud, spokesperson for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units...