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Foreign Minister Fidan threatens military action against PKK-linked YPG group if they fail to meet Ankara’s demands.

Turkey will carry out a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia if the group does not meet Ankara's demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday, while ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that eradication of the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria was "imminent", and ...

Discussions are underway about deploying U.S. and French troops to secure a border zone in northern Syria, amidst tensions ...

Turkey plans to launch a military offensive into northeastern Syria targeting the Kurdish YPG militia if its demands remain ...

Turkey will carry out a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia if the group does not meet Ankara's demands, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday, while ...

The fall of Bashar Assad to Islamist-led rebels has raised the prospect of Turkey intervening in Syria against Kurdish forces ...

Following al-Assad’s ouster on December 8, Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband, asserting that the group has no place in Syria’s future. The change in ...

Speaking to reporters on a flight home from a summit in Egypt, Erdogan said there was no longer any reason for outsiders to back Kurdish fighters with the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

The YPG is central to the Kurdish Syrian forces allied with a U.S. coalition against Islamic State militants. The Turkish source said the operation by the Turkish MIT intelligence agency was ...

Turkey said Monday that it was "only a matter of time" before Syrian Kurdish fighters -- seen by the West as essential in the fight against Islamic State jihadists -- will be wiped out.