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Turkey's Erdogan Vows To "Root Out" Kurdish Militants With "Tanks, Soldiers"
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would attack militants with tanks and soldiers as soon as possible after retaliatory strikes escalated along the Syrian border.
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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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 Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters across its southern border.
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2 Soldiers, 20 Rebels Killed In Fighting In Turkey Kurdish Southeast
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, which borders Iraq, detonated explosives on a road as a military vehicle passed, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, security sources said.
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Turkish, Kurdish Forces In Syria Agree To 'Stop Shooting At Each Other': US Official
Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria have reached a "loose agreement" to stop fighting each other, a US defense official said today.
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US Defense Secretary Calls On Turkey Not To Target Syria Rebels
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on Turkey to stay focused on fighting ISIS and not to target Kurdish elements of Syrian rebels.
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Monitor Claims 20 Civilians Killed In Turkish Bombing In North Syria
A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.
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Turkish Jets, Artillery Bombard Targets In North Syria, Claim Sources
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria today, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last week with its Syrian rebel allies.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Banned Kurdish Party Claims Suicide Bomb Attack On Turkish Police
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) today claimed a deadly suicide bomb attack on Turkish police in the southeastern town of Cizre that left 11 officers dead and wounded dozens more.
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11 Turkish Police Officers Killed In Suicide Bombing Blamed On Kurdish Rebels
Eleven Turkish police officers were killed and 78 people injured today in a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey's Military: 45 PKK Rebels Killed In Air Strikes
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said today. Meanwhile, a police officer and three Kurdish militants were killed in fighting in a neighborhood in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
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Turkey's Erdogan Vows To "Root Out" Kurdish Militants With "Tanks, Soldiers"
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would attack militants with tanks and soldiers as soon as possible after retaliatory strikes escalated along the Syrian border.
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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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 Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters across its southern border.
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2 Soldiers, 20 Rebels Killed In Fighting In Turkey Kurdish Southeast
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, which borders Iraq, detonated explosives on a road as a military vehicle passed, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, security sources said.
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Turkish, Kurdish Forces In Syria Agree To 'Stop Shooting At Each Other': US Official
Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria have reached a "loose agreement" to stop fighting each other, a US defense official said today.
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US Defense Secretary Calls On Turkey Not To Target Syria Rebels
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on Turkey to stay focused on fighting ISIS and not to target Kurdish elements of Syrian rebels.
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Monitor Claims 20 Civilians Killed In Turkish Bombing In North Syria
A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.
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Turkish Jets, Artillery Bombard Targets In North Syria, Claim Sources
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria today, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last week with its Syrian rebel allies.
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Turkey Ratchets Up Syria Offensive, Says Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militia
Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State.
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Banned Kurdish Party Claims Suicide Bomb Attack On Turkish Police
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) today claimed a deadly suicide bomb attack on Turkish police in the southeastern town of Cizre that left 11 officers dead and wounded dozens more.
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11 Turkish Police Officers Killed In Suicide Bombing Blamed On Kurdish Rebels
Eleven Turkish police officers were killed and 78 people injured today in a suicide truck bombing by suspected Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey's Military: 45 PKK Rebels Killed In Air Strikes
At least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air strikes against suspected militant targets in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara, the military said today. Meanwhile, a police officer and three Kurdish militants were killed in fighting in a neighborhood in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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Thousands of Kurds Protest in Paris Over Murders of Female Rebels
Carrying hundreds of flags in the red, orange and green of the PKK and pictures of the group's leader Abdullah Ocalan, the demonstrators marched to the site of the killings, where flowers had been laid in memory of the dead.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
