Syrian Kurd held in Prague
The Czech police have detained a Syrian Kurdish political leader on an Interpol red notice, which describes him as a…
Tag: Syria
Turks ‘recruit’ Isis to fight Kurds
An Islamic State source has reportedly claimed that Turkey is recruiting and retraining former members of the displaced jihadist movement…
Berlin angered by Kurd attacks
Germany is facing calls to halt arms exports to Turkey after reports that German Leopard tanks were being used in…
Erdogan under fire in Paris
Talk of Turkey joining the European Union is “hypocrisy”, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, because of human rights concerns….
Tbilisi rocked by ‘terror’ operation
An anti-terror operation conducted by the Georgian Special Security Service (SSS) in the capital Tbilisi has left one officer dead…
Arch fitted on divisive Crimea bridge
Russia’s engineers have installed a giant railway arch in the channel between Russia and Crimea, as a controversial 19km road-rail…
France ‘kills’ jihadi expats
France is reportedly giving intelligence to Iraqi troops fighting so-called Islamic State in order to exterminate French nationals who have…
Putin meets ‘demanding’ Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Vladimir Putin in Versailles with an agenda dominated by disagreements over the conflicts…
Erdogan under fire at Nato summit
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faced complaints about his human-rights record from French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
Turkey demands US envoy sacking
Turkey says Brett McGurk, the US special envoy for combatting so-called Islamic State, should be removed because he supports Kurdish…
Merkel quizzes Putin on gay rights
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has quizzed Russian President Vladimir Putin on gay rights during her visit to Sochi. She said…
Russia UN envoy, 64, dies
Former president Dmitry Medvedev presents state decorations to Vitaly Churkin. Source: Kremlin Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, has…
Nazi killer ‘died in Syria basement in 2001’
Drancy internment camp. Source: Wikimedia A much-wanted Nazi war criminal died in 2001, aged 89, after spending more than…
Turks threaten to close Incirlik
A US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System lands at Incirlik Air Base. Source: Wikimedia Government members…
Paris plotters killed in Syria: US
Paris remains in shock from the November 2015 attacks. Source: Wikimedia Two men involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks have been…
EU poised to end Turkish entry bid
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. Source: Wikimedia The EU is considering freezing negotiations over Turkey’s bid to join as…