
Obama warns of 'enclave for extremism' in Syria
President Barack Obama warned Friday that an "enclave for extremism" could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an ...

Reports: Kurdish rebels to heed call for peace
A senior Kurdish politician said Friday that the Kurdish rebels' armed struggle against Turkey was "99 percent over," a day after the rebel leader ...

Kurdish rebel leader calls for historic truce
In a major step toward ending one of the world's longest, bloodiest insurgencies, the Kurds' jailed rebel leader called Thursday for a "new era" of ...
1 injured in attacks in Turkish capital
Assailants on Tuesday fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the headquarters of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and hurled two hand ...

Prime Minister hopes for peace with Kurdish rebels
Turkey's prime minister said he hopes this week's spring festival, which is celebrated by Kurds, will herald the start of a peaceful resolution of the ...

Ocalan says peace talks with Turkey progressing
Many had hoped that imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan would urge thousands of his fighters Monday to obey a cease-fire as a major step ...
Dutch lesbians raising Turkish boy go into hiding
A Dutch lesbian couple have gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents said on television in Turkey that they object ...
Turkey links Syria to deadly car bombing at border
Turkey's interior minister blamed Syria's intelligence agencies and its army for involvement in a car bombing at a border crossing last month that ...

A look at Syrian refugees in neighboring countries
The massive, chaotic influx of Syrians fleeing their country's civil war has stretched the resources of the neighboring countries taking them in and ...

Kerry: Turkish comments complicate Mideast process
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday waded into the controversy over comments by Turkey's prime minister equating Zionism to a crime against ...

Official: Kerry to rap Turkey PM for remark
A senior American official said Friday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will take Turkey's prime minister to task for "particularly offensive" ...
Turkish PM: Syrian leader 'mute devil'
Turkey's prime minister denounced Syria's leader Sunday, calling him a "mute devil" for carrying out attacks on his own people but not standing up to ...

Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport
Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing ...

Turkey says it knew terrorist attack was planned
Turkish authorities suspected the outlawed leftist group that bombed the U.S. Embassy in Ankara was planning an attack, but did not have enough ...

Israel suggests responsibility for Syria airstrike
Israel's defense minister strongly signaled Sunday that his country was behind an airstrike in Syria last week, telling a high profile security ...

Turkey pledges support for Syrian opposition
Turkey on Sunday pledged its continued support for the Syrian opposition, saying its leaders should not be pressured into talks with the regime as ...

Turkey: US Embassy bomber had terror conviction
The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent several years in prison on terrorism charges but was released on probation after being ...

Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a ...

Iran official: Attack on Syria is attack on Iran
Issuing Tehran's strongest warning to date, a top Iranian official said Saturday that any attack on Syria would be deemed an attack on Iran, a sign ...

Report: Turkey strikes Kurd rebel targets in Iraq
Turkish jets have struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets in a cross-border raid in northern Iraq, Turkish and Kurdish media reported Tuesday, even as ...

Kurd protest in Paris demands justice in killings
Thousands of Kurds from across Europe descended upon Paris on Saturday, demanding justice for three activists shot dead in the French capital.

Turkey sees Kurdish feud behind Paris slayings
Turkey's prime minister suggested Friday that a feud among Kurdish rebels was behind the shooting deaths of three Kurdish activists in Paris, and the ...

3 Kurds killed in Paris; political motive claimed
Three Kurdish activists, including reportedly one of the founding members of a militant separatist group, were shot dead in what authorities called ...
3 Kurdish women shot dead at Paris office
Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution.
Turkey: Military will keep fighting rebel Kurds
Turkey will press ahead with military operations against autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels even as Turkish officials hold talks with the rebels' jailed ...