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Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoMore than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament...
Armed Syrian Kurdish Women Stand Guard Over Precious Wheatfields
International Business Times· 2 days agoThe 42-year-old is among dozens of volunteers, some of them women, helping the semi-autonomous ...
Syria says no dialogue with Turkey before Ankara announces plans to withdraw its troops
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoFaisal Mekdad made the comments during a joint news conference with Iran’s acting foreign minister,...
Turkey's defense minister says planned elections by Syrian Kurdish groups are 'unacceptable'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPlans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to conduct local elections in northern Syria are “unacceptable”...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor two months after election
Reuters· 4 days agoPolice detained a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey on Monday over alleged militant links and he has been replaced by the state governor, the interior ministry said ...
Turkish drone strikes in Syria kill 4 U.S.-backed fighters, wound 11 civilians, Kurdish group says
Associated Press via AOL· 7 days agoTurkish drone strikes in northeastern Syria on Friday evening killed four U.S.-backed fighters and wounded 11 civilians, the Kurdish-led force said. The strikes on areas held ...
Turkey jails ousted pro-Kurdish mayor for nearly 20 years | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 2 days agoA court in Turkey jailed Wednesday a pro-Kurdish mayor for 19 and a half years for “terrorism”, his lawyer said, a ruling denounced as a “coup d’etat” by his party. Mehmet ...
Turkey convicts pro-Kurdish party mayor for militant ties
Reuters· 2 days agoA Turkish court sentenced a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey to nearly 20 years in prison on Wednesday over links to militants, local media reported. Mehmet Siddik ...