Afrin
A female Cypriot citizen was arrested by authorities in the north for participating in a protest in the state-controlled areas against the Turkish invasion of...
More than 200,000 people fled Syria’s Afrin
More than 200,000 people who fled a Turkey-led offensive on the Kurdish town of Afrin are without shelter or access to food and water in...
Protesters storm German consulate on Greek island of Crete
A group of people burst into the German consulate on the Greek island of Crete on Friday to stage a protest against the Turkish military...
Syrians leave Ghouta for second day, Turkey attacks Afrin
Air strikes killed dozens of people in eastern Ghouta on Friday and Syrians fled rebel territory toward government positions for a second day, a war...
Syria’s Afrin cut off from water, thousands displaced
Water to Syria’s Afrin town has been cut for a week, the United Nations said on Wednesday, after Turkish troops seized the main dam and...
Turkish military says has encircled Syria’s Afrin town
Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have encircled the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish armed forces said on Tuesday, a substantial advance in...
Erdogan says Syria’s Afrin town under siege, entry imminent
Turkey‘s military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town centre, President Tayyip Erdogan said on...
Kurdish-allied Arab fighters move to Afrin from IS fronts
Kurdish-allied Syrian Arab militias are redeploying 1,700 fighters from fronts against Islamic State to the Afrin region to help fend off a Turkish offensive, they said on...
Turkish forces shell convoy headed to Syria’s Afrin region
The Turkish army struck a convoy entering Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region, which Ankara said carried fighters and weapons but Kurdish forces said was made up...
Stakes rise in Turkish Afrin attack as pro-Assad militia arrive
Turkey shelled Afrin overnight on Tuesday and showed no sign of slackening its assault on the Kurdish-held region despite the arrival of pro-Syrian government militia...