Turkey

YemenExtra M.A. Authorities in Syria’s Kurdish autonomous region said on Sunday they would not attend peace talks in Russia’s Sochi next week because of Turkey’s offensive against the Kurdish enclave of Afrin. “We said before that if…

YemenExtra M.A. The Turkish Army and their allies from the Euphrates Shield forces scored their first major victory inside the Afrin Canton, following the intense battle for Jabal Barsaya in the northeastern corridor of this region.…

YemenExtra M.A. As Turkish and allied militant forces from the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) advance further upon Kurdish positions in northern Syria, Turkey has called upon the United States to vacate its military bases in the…

YemenExtra M.A. The Turkish Air Force launched several airstrikes over the Afrin Canton, today, targeting a number of different sites under the control of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG). Among the targets for the…

YemenExtra M.A. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey may extend its operation against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities as far east as the Iraqi border. Addressing provincial leaders from his ruling Justice and…

YemenExtra Y.A Turkey has carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq against the strongholds of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, whom it says were planning to launch attacks on Turkish soil. The military said on…

YemenExtra M.A. The Turkish Army’s General Staff admitted on Monday night that their forces had suffered some casualties during latest offensive in the northern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate. “Our serviceman was killed on…

YemenExtra M.A. The Turkish Army and their allies from the Euphrates Shield forces launched their second assault on the strategic mountaintop of Jabal Barsaya in the Afrin Canton today. Backed by heavy airstrikes, the Turkish Army and…

YemenExtra M.A. On Saturday, the Turkish leadership announced a military campaign in Syrian Kurdish-controlled Afrin, with the operation on the ground starting the following day. According to Anadolu news agency citing a military…

YemenExtra M.A. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with the President of Iran’s Council for Foreign Relations Kamal Kharazi in Damascus today. During the meeting, the Assad and Kharazi discussed a number of topics in the region,…