Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord with Turkey Russian military police began patrols on part of the Syrian border Wednesday, quickly moving to implement an accord with Turkey that divvies up control of northeastern Syria. The Kremlin told Kurdish fighters to pull back from the entire frontier or else face being “steamrolled” by Turkish forces. October 23
Turkey presses Syrian assault as thousands flee the fighting Turkey pressed its assault against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria on Thursday for a second day, pounding the region with airstrikes and an artillery bombardment that raised columns of black smoke in a border town and sent panicked civilians scrambling to get out. October 10
Turkey begins offensive aimed at Kurdish fighters in Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an announcement Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump that American troops would step aside in a shift in U.S. policy that essentially abandoned the Syrian Kurds. They were longtime U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State group. October 9
Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack Syrian Kurdish forces who are allied with the United States issued a "general mobilization" call on Wednesday in northeastern Syria, along the border with Turkey, as Ankara threatened an imminent invasion of the area. October 9
10 dead, 15 wounded in Istanbul tourist district explosion A Syrian suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people. January 12, 2016
Day of violence in Istanbul leaves at least 4 dead Two women opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate in Istanbul on Monday, while assailants exploded a car bomb at a police station then fired on police inspecting the scene, in a day of heavy violence in Turkey's largest city. August 10, 2015
Kurds nearing key Islamic State-held Syrian border town Syrian Kurdish fighters closed in on the outskirts of a strategic Islamic State-held town on the Turkish border Sunday, Kurdish officials and an activist group said, potentially cutting off a key supply line for the extremists' nearby de facto capital. June 14, 2015
Syrian Kurds nearing IS border stronghold Hundreds of Syrian refugees poured into a Turkish-Syrian border crossing Saturday, fleeing intense fighting between Syrian Kurds and militants from the Islamic State group in nearby towns and villages. June 13, 2015
Airstrikes, street battles intensify in Kobani MURSITPINAR, Turkey – Bolstered by intensified U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting militants from the Islamic St... October 15, 2014
Airstrikes push jihadists back in Syrian town MURSITPINAR, Turkey – New U.S.-led airstrikes near the Syrian border town of Kobani have helped Kurdish fighters pus... October 8, 2014
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