In Cologne about 13,000 Kurds are on their feet to demonstrate against Turkish military intervention in northern Syria. The demonstration would start at 10.00, but was postponed to 12.30. The police stopped the demonstrators because there were flags of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and images of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
US President Trump's security advisor, Herbert McMaster, has promised the Turkish government that Washington will no longer provide weapons to the Syrian Kurds (YPG) militia. The Turkish state press agency Anadolu reported Friday that McMaster was doing this by telephone to a close associate of President Erdogan, Ibrahim Kalm.
During the operation of Turkey in the Syrian Afrin region, three Turkish soldiers and eleven fighters from the Free Syrian Army (supported by Turkey) were killed. About 130 people were injured, the Turkish Ministry of Health announced.
The Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan has demanded in the telephone conversation he made with Donald Trump on Wednesday that the American troops are withdrawn from the Syrian region of Manbij. That is what the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday.
A conflict between Turkey and the US threatens Syria, as Turkish president Erdogan extends his country's military operation to Manbij, a strategic city in the east where American soldiers are training Kurdish militias fighting against IS jihadists.
US President Donald Trump voiced his concern in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Turkey's military operation in the Syrian Afrin region. There the Turkish army started an offensive against US-backed Syrian Kurds from the YPG.
Because of a rocket shot from Syria, at least ten wounded have fallen in the Turkish town of Kilis. According to the Turkish news agency Dogan, the projectile was launched in the Afrin region where an operation of the Turkish army is in progress against Syrian Kurds.
The coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria under the leadership of the US has eliminated nearly 150 jihadists in the Euphrates Valley. 'The precision attacks were the culmination of extensive intelligence work to establish that it was a IS headquarters and command center in still occupied territory \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;, was the statement issued on Tuesday.
Turkey's military offensive against the US-backed YPG militias in Syria has driven an estimated 5,000 people in the Afrin district since Monday. However, some of the most vulnerable people could not flee, according to a UN report, with reference to local sources.
The Syrian government of President Assad may still use chemical weapons when attacking the rebel enclave East Ghouta. The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed this concern during a conference in Paris on Tuesday.
At least two people were killed by a rocket attack on a Turkish camp in the border with Syria. The victims are probably fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) supported by Turkey, news agency Dogan reports. Twelve people were also injured.
The US were aware of the invasion and the bombings that Turkey has carried out in Syria this weekend. That's what the US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said.
Turkish President Erdogan hopes for a brief offensive against Kurdish militias in northern Syria. 'We will, if god willing, complete this operation very quickly,' said the Turkish leader, who predicted that the YPG will flee.
Some 25,000 fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) support the Turkish offensive in northern Syria. The insurgents want to recapture places that fell into the hands of the Kurdish YPG militia some two years ago, says a senior FSA official.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish troops and allied rebels have conquered a village in northwestern Syria after fighting with Kurdish militias.
France wants an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Syria. ' Ghouta, Idlib, Afrin- France asks for an emergency meeting of the Security Council ', writes French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Twitter.
An Iraqi court sentenced a German woman to the death penalty. The woman with Moroccan blood had joined Islamic State. That reports a spokesman for the court.
The Turkish army has entered the northern Syrian province of Afrin. That says Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, reports the Habertürk channel.
From Syria four rockets were fired at the Turkish border town of Kilis. According to the Turkish state press agency Anadolu, a number of houses have been damaged as a result.
The security services in Tunisia have killed a senior al-Qaeda member in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). According to a government official, Algerian Bilel Kobi was the right hand of Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, the leader of the North African branch of the terrorist network. He was shot down during an ambush at the border with Algeria.
The Turkish army claims that it has hit 108 targets of Kurdish militants in a military operation. The army reported this a few hours after the announcement of the beginning of the Olijftak campaign. It is aimed at Syrian-Kurdish militias in the Afrin region in northern Syria.
The Syrian army has made a strategically important conquest in the northwest of the country. Together with allies, it managed to recapture the air base in the province of Idlib on the rebels.
Russia is going to plead in the United Nations for stopping the Turkish military operation in Syria. That said Franz Klintsevich, a prominent member of the Russian Parliamentary Committee on Security.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the ground offensive against Syrian-Kurdish militias has begun in Syria. It is not known whether Turkish troops crossed the border. The president said nothing about Turkish state media.
The Turkish forces have attacked Kurdish-Syrian militias in Syria. The target is Afrin and surroundings that are in the hands of Syrian-Kurdish militias who call themselves Public Protection Units (YPG).
The German IS terrorist and former rapper Denis Cuspert died in Syria. This is reported by the US-based Site Intelligence Group, which specializes in jihadist reporting.
The US Department of Defense has stated on Wednesday that it will not create a new army or a border troops in Syria. Earlier in the day, Turkey had fiercely responded to US plans to train fighters including Syrian Kurds for security in the country.
Turkey is about to embark on a risky military adventure in Syria. The planned offensive against the Kurdish enclave Afrin itself is going to be a big blow, but it will also put the tensions elsewhere in the country on sharp.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rex Tillerson has promised that the US Army will remain in Syria for a while to strike back against Islamic State, al-Qaeda and Iran if necessary. 'We will ensure that IS does not re-emerge.' At the same time, he insisted patiently to wait until it was over with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The United Nations is attempting a new attempt to bring a solution to the conflict in Syria closer. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura invited the warring parties to come and talk in Vienna on 25 and 26 January.
