Throughout the volatile seven-year Syrian war, conflicting parties routinely produce maps with differing claims of territorial control. Afrin, abutting Hatay to the west and rebel-held Idlib to ...

"We are determined, Afrin will be sorted out," Mr Erdogan ... IS and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps The YPG, which controls much of north-eastern Syria, is believed by Turkey to be an ...

The terrorist YPG is the PKK's Syrian branch. In January 2018, Turkey launched a major military offensive -- Operation Olive Branch -- with the aim of purging Afrin of YPG/PKK terrorist elements.

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The United Nations has accused Israel of “severe violations” of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has begun a construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the ...

Investigations by Amnesty International and other Human Rights groups have detailed serious rights violations by troops from Türkiye and militias supported by Türkiye in Syria. The situation is ...

north and southwest from the Syrian city of Afrin (65 kilometers from Aleppo), the Firat pro-Kurdish news agency said, adding that on Monday, members of the People's Protection Units (YPG ...

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 26°. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant PM2.5 16 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalised to the standard ...

World News // 6 years ago Turkish military: 2,222 terrorists 'neutralized' in Syria's Afrin region More than 2,200 terrorists have been "neutralized" in the Afrin region of Syria as part of Turkey ...

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On Monday, Erdogan said during a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin that the Syrian government would face certain consequences if Damascus decided on sending forces to Afrin MOSCOW ...