These are external links and will open in a new window/ Syria's Kurds reject Turkey's plans and say they will defend their territory at all costs The Turkish military has launched a major cross-border operation in north-eastern Syria against a Kurdish-led militia alliance allied to the United ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Activists say tens of thousands of people have fled towns along the Syria-Turkey border "It's like hell. I am afraid for all my family and everyone I know." Sevinaz is from a town near Syria's border with Turkey that immediately came under ...
Map of the border area between Turkey and Syria where Ankara launched an offensive against the Kurds to create a "buffer zone" (AFP Photo/Patricio ARANA)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syria's Kurds said Thursday that Turkish bombardment had hit a prison they use to house captured Islamic State group fighters, ...
Readers express dismay at the president’s actions, and one wonders, “So what’s in it for Donald J. Trump?”/ Let’s make no mistake about what Turkish forces are doing in Syria this week — naked unilateral aggression and illegal by any international norms. And it is aided and abetted by our ...
A picture taken from Akcakale in Turkey shows strikes on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Syria, as Turkish forces step up their cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas. Turkish troops have encircled the border towns of Ras al-Ain ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Thursday that his country could “just open the gates and send 3.6 million Syrian refugees into Europe” if the classifies his military’s ongoing assault on Syria as an “invasion”./ Erdogan, in a speech to ruling party officials in Ankara, also ...
backed rebels from the Free Syrian Army, pictured here crossing the border into Syria, are also involved in the offensive Turkish forces are stepping up air strikes and a ground offensive, as their incursion into Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria enters a second day. Turkey's military said it ...
Iran opposes any Turkish military operation in Syria, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. The ministry has been following “worrying news of the possibility of the Turkish military forces entering Syrian soil and believes that the occurrence of such an action ...
, a published report said Wednesday, citing information from a Turkish military official./ Wednesday, Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun called on the international community to “rally” behind Ankara, calling the Kurds “armed thugs” from which the local population needed to be ...
Local and international players have begun reacting to President Donald Trump's stated plans to pull troops out from northern Syria after an apparent deal with his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In the two days since the White House announced that the U.S. military would "no ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Turkey has launched a military operation against Kurdish-led forces in north-eastern Syria, days after US troops pulled back from the border. These maps help explain the offensive and its potential consequences./ Kurds make up between 7% ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Turkish troops prepare for the offensive in northern Syria Turkish troops have begun an offensive in northern Syria, which could bring them into direct conflict with Kurdish-led forces allied to the United States. The move was announced by ...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Turkey on Wednesday to show restraint and avoid military action in northern Syria, as Ankara’s forces were poised to advance into an area there being vacated by the U.S. military./ FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference ...
Iran’s army began an unannounced military drill in the northwest of the country bordering Turkey, Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported on Wednesday, as Turkish troops prepare to enter the territory of Iran’s ally Syria. ISNA said the drill included rapid reaction units, mobile and offense ...
Iranian state media/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s foreign minister on Monday backed Syrian sovereignty and opposed military action in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, state media said, after a U.S. pull-back of troops in northeast Syria appeared to open the way to a Turkish attack. ...
(FOX40.COM) — A fire at a storage facility in Northern California resulted in millions of dollars in damages and the loss of 2 million pounds of nuts, according to fire officials. The Ripon Consolidated Fire District said the fire started on Sunday night at around 9:50 p.m. in the area of ...
Hezbollah rockets have sparked days of bushfires in northern Israel, with swathes of forest reserve destroyed and 11 people hospitalised for smoke inhalation. Patches of scorched earth start to appear half an hour out from the Lebanon border, plumes of grey smoke mapping the route to either side ...
A fisherman in Missouri caught what he thought was an odd fish that refused to die, even when left on the pavement for several hours. The angler was fishing below Wappapello Lake Spillway in Wayne County on May 25 when he reeled in what turned out to be a northern snakehead, the fourth ever ...
during glitch will have their deals canceled by the NYSE/ Investors who purchased shares in Warren Buffett's yesterday at a huge discount will see their trades canceled following a , having previously closed at over $620,000. The drop meant a more than 99% discount on the This means a trader who ...
UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras, a veterinarian and an armed guard. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the , according to Guinness World Records. ...
Palestinians who have returned to Jabalia refugee camp since the Israeli withdrawal say homes and infrastructure have been destroyed/ Palestinians who have returned to Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in recent days have expressed shock at the level of destruction following a three-week ...
breaking catch last month with a flathead weighing in at close to 100 pounds. And photos of the beast show just what an impressive undertaking it must have been. According to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC), the massive, 95-pound catfish was caught by Bradly Courtwright. ...
Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people abducted by Hamas on 7 October. It says the four were killed while together during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, adding that their bodies were still being held by the militants. The men were named as ...
The plan aims to wind down the war after eight months of fighting/ For the leaders of both Hamas and Israel, ending the war in Gaza has become a deadly game of survival. The terms on which the war finally ends could largely determine their political future and their grip on power. For Hamas ...
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the automaker suspended production of three of them. The wide-ranging fraudulent testing at Japan’s top automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in ...