Kurdish militants

Turkey pro-Kurdish leader goes on trial

Ankara - Muslimchronicle

Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party leader goes on trial in Ankara on Thursday over alleged links to Kurdish militants, after spending more than a year behind bars in a case his supporters say is politically motivated. Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was first detained in November last year in a crackdown under the state of emergency thatRead more

Iraqi forces managed to restore more areas in Anbar

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Eight members of Turkey’s security forces and five Kurdish militants were killed in a clash early on Thursday near the border between northern Iraq and southeast Turkey, security and hospital sources said. They said Turkish forces launched a helicopter-backed operation in search of further Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, who sought to cross the border into Hakkari province’s mountainous SemdinliRead more

Move against Kurd rebels on Turkey-Iran agenda: Erdogan

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that a joint Turkish-Iranian operation against Kurdish militants was "always on the agenda", a week after Tehran's top armed forces commander visited Ankara for rare talks. Turkey has battled the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for decades, while the Iranian security forces have also fought its affiliate, the Party of Free Life of KurdistanRead more

Turkey dodges recession

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkey dodged a recession as the economy returned to growth in the last three months of the year, data showed Friday, but its annual growth rate slowed sharply. The Turkish economy rebounded with 3.8 percent growth in the final quarter of the year compared with the previous three-month period, when it shrank by 2.7 percent on a seasonally and calendar-adjustedRead more

UN accuses Turkey of ‘serious’ abuses in Kurdish region

Geneva - Arab Today

The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast after a cease-fire collapsed in July 2015. A report from the UN rights office details evidence of “massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey.” “Government security operations”Read more

US warns over antiAmerican violence risk in Turkey

Istanbul - Arab Today

The United States embassy in Turkey Thursday warned against the risk of attacks against its citizens in the country after a rise in anti-American rhetoric. Turkey has been hit by a slew of attacks over the last months claimed by extremists and Kurdish militants that have left the country on edge. In the latest strikes, 39 people were gunned downRead more

Turkey; KSA condemns attack

Jeddah/Istanbul - Arab Today

Fourteen Turkish soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday in a suicide car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants targeting off-duty conscripts, the latest in a string of attacks to rock Turkey in recent months. Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the attack, an official at the Foreign Ministry said. The source reiterated Kingdom’s support and solidarity with Turkey against terrorism, offeringRead more

Turkish government building attacked in southeast, 3 wounded

Ankara - Arab Today

Kurdish rebels have attacked a government building in southeast Turkey with rocket launchers, wounding three people including a district governor, ABC news reported. Rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, attacked the district governor's office in the town of Derik. The district governor, Fatih Safiturk, was slightly wounded in the attack. A fragile peace process between the stateRead more

Turkey: Diyarbakir car bomb work of Kurdish militants, not Daesh

Ankara - Arab Today

The car bomb that killed 11 people and wounded 100 in the southeast Kurdish province of Diyarbakir on Friday was the work of Kurdish militants and not Daesh, the local governor’s office said. Following the attack on Friday, Daesh claimed responsibility for the car bomb, according to the group’s Amaq news agency. But the Diyarbakir governor’s office said in aRead more

Daesh bomber killed in Ankara

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkish police shot dead a suspected Daesh bomber overnight who was believed to be planning a suicide attack in the capital Ankara, the city’s governor said on Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of counter-terrorist police operations coinciding with a Turkey-backed rebel operation in Syria to drive the terrorists away from its southern border. Turkish security forces haveRead more