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Syria: Turkish drone strike targets checkpoint in Manbij
Dec 28, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The
UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday that a
Turkish drone strike targeted a checkpoint in Manbij.
Turkish intelligence strikes nearly 50 facilities of PKK terror group in Syria
Dec 26, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Turkish intelligence teams destroyed on Tuesday nearly 50 facilities belonging to the PKK terror group in several Syrian cities, with senior terrorists targeted as well, security sources said.
Turkish jets hit oil sites in northern Syria
Turkish jets on Saturday evening bombed several energy sites in northern Syria.
Dec 24, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Turkish jets on Saturday hit oil infrastructure in northeast Syria (Photo: social media)Turkish jets on Saturday hit oil infrastructure in northeast Syria (Photo: social media)Syria Turkish airstrikes northeast Syria SDF Tirbespi Qamishlo Derik
PKK kills three Turkish soldiers in Kurdistan Region
Dec 22, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday carried out an attack on Turkish
troops in the Kurdistan Region, killing three and injuring four others,
Turkey’s defense ministry announced.
Turkish airstrikes destroy 14 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Dec 20. 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
"Our Air Forces struck 14 targets in the Gara, Hakurk and Qandil
regions in northern Iraq used by the separatist terrorist organization,"
the ministry said on X, releasing a statement on the platform about the strikes
which took place at 7 p.m. Turkey time (1600GMT).
Iraqi, Turkish Foreign Ministers emphasize importance of economic partnership
Dec 19, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
During the
meeting, both sides emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties
and exchanging security and intelligence information to combat terrorism, a
reference to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Turkey bombed northern Iraq
Nov 24, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The Turkish
defense ministry on Friday said its air forces targeted 17 alleged positions of
the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the northern Kurdistan Region where local
officials confirmed the strikes.
Turkey Holds NATO to Ransom
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey’s intentions plain
Nov 22,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
by
Robert Ellis*
In the Middle Ages, holding a knight to ransom was standard practice on the battlefield; it is still routine in international relations today.
Turkish drone kills three fighters near Kobane
A vehicle is burning after it was targeted by a Turkish drone in Kobane
Nov 16,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Three
fighters affiliated with the autonomous Syrian Kurdish administration were
killed in a Turkish drone strike near Kobane in northern Syria, a war monitor
reported on Wednesday.
Turkish intelligence transfers 4 Kurds from Afrin to Turkish territory
The town of Mabata in Afrin
countryside, northern Aleppo, northwestern Syria
Oct 30,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Aleppo, Syria.
On Monday, Turkish intelligence
transferred four Kurdish men from Afrin, northwest Syria, whom had been
arrested earlier in the day, to a prison within Turkish territory.
“Kurdish Barometer”: Majority of Kurds discriminated against because of their identity in Turkey
Oct 27, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
In a recent survey by the newly founded “Kurdish Barometer,” nearly 60
percent of the respondents living in Turkey stated that they were discriminated
against because of their Kurdish identity. Accordingly, Kurds also still
believe that education in their first language is vital for them.
Turkish court officially arrests four members of pro-Kurdish parties
Oct 25, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A Turkish
court on Wednesday charged four members and officials of two pro-Kurdish
political parties for their alleged links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) two days after they were arrested.
Turkey extends Syria, Iraq operations by another two years
CHP lawmakers voted against the motion on Tuesday © Adem ALTAN / AFP
Oct 17, 2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Turkey's parliament on Tuesday extended the military's authorisation to
launch cross-border operations in neighbouring Syria and Iraq by two more
years.
Erdogan says US activity in Syria threat to Turkish security
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish Presidency)
Oct 14, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that United States
military activity with Kurdish forces in Syria poses a threat to Turkey’s
national security, a day after US President Joe Biden cited threats from Turkey
as grounds to extend a 2019 national emergency order on Syria.
Erdogan vows to intensify strikes on Kurd fighters in Iraq, Syria
This picture shows the aftermath of a Turkish strike on the Babasi oil facility in the countryside of al-Qahtaniya in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 6, 2023 (Photo: Delil souleiman/AFP)
Oct 11,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkey has been bombing sites in northeast Syria since Thursday, hitting
civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according
to Kurdish authorities.
Turkish military helicopters launch air attack on PKK positions in northern Iraq
Oct 9, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
On Monday,
Turkish military helicopters struck Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in
the foothills of Matin Mountain, north of Duhok Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Analysis: Turkey's view on Kirkuk oil
Oct 8, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
In late August, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani stirred the pot of existing tensions when he ordered the evacuation of the Iraqi military’s Joint Operations Command headquarters in Kirkuk and gave it back to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)—the dominant political party in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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