Kurds

Turkey warns of potential increased air strikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq after Ankara attack

Our heroic commandos dealt another heavy blow to the PKK/YPG terrorist organisation, says Turkish Defence Ministry

Empathy and shared norms have blossomed in recent years

Authorities have removed 24 mayors of the Peoples' Democratic Party, mainly due to alleged links to terrorism

Kurdish villagers have given a similar tough welcome to joint Russian-Turkish patrols in other locations

The goal is to allow the SDF to build up their strength on the de-ISIS campaign says spokesperson

After US Defense Secretary said troops were reinforcing their positions in oilfields near the Syrian-Iraqi border

The deadly incursion killed hundreds and caused 300,000 people to flee their homes

Turkish foreign ministry rejects the accusations saying it wants refugees to return in a safe and honourable manner

As Russian forces begin patrolling the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier

More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, live in the Al-Hol Camp

US president rejects accusations that he betrayed Syrian Kurds, says they are happy and 'extremely thankful'

As US defense secretary said all of the nearly 1,000 troops are expected to fight IS militants in Iraq

Turkey had agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days

Unclear if Kurdish militia will fully comply with the agreement, Erdogan meets Putin on the fifth day of truce

Syrian government forces enter the center of Manbij

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says we will keep our defence exports to Turkey under very careful and continual review

Turkish President says that operation would not stop until objectives have been achieved

Turkey has stepped up attacks on Syrian Kurds over the weekend

Several European countries have halted arms exports to Turkey over offensive and some are pushing for formal EU ban

Syrian government forces moved towards the Turkish border as US orders the withdrawal of almost all soldiers in Syria

Turkey denies targeting US post as Trump threatens to activate 'very powerful' sanctions against Ankara

Civilians flee as Kurdish militia battles Turkish military

As Turkey launches a ground offensive against the Kurds

Blames Syria's Kurds for the proposal

As Turkish and US officials agreed to establish a joint operations centre to oversee a safe zone

Assures the Kurdish envoys of French support in their fight against the remaining IS militants

Around a third of the population relies on farming to survive in Iraq

At its height, in June 2014, IS captured Britain sized land in Syria and Iraq

Senior political leader says Kurds will only accept the deployment of UN forces along the separation line

After Trump announced US withdrawal from Syria

The vote last year saw more than 92% of Kurds back secession, but the federal government rejected that as 'illegal'

Syria's regime, rebels, Kurds, and even militants are linking up with well-connected businessmen to turn a profit

President Erdogan declared the state of emergency on July 20, 2016, five days after warplanes bombed Ankara

Kurdish politician to face Presiden Erdogan in presidential election while campaigning from jail

Over 450,000 killed in fighting

Capture of the key city was a major win for Ankara and consolidates its control along its border in northern Syria

Kurdish militancy in Afrin is sponsored by US and President Bashaar al Assad

US forces are accused of providing arms, training and air support to the Syrian Kurdish force

Barzani has held the office of the presidency since 2005

Iraqi PM orders 24-hr suspension of military operations

Kurdish groups working hard to give Arabs role in Raqqa but city falls outside Kurdish-dominated regions of north

Conflict flared after Kurdish independence referendum

Iraqi troops and allied forces launched the operation overnight

Kirkuk has emerged as main flashpoint in dispute

The exchange of mainly automatic gunfire left no casualties

Baghdad is bitterly opposed to Kurdish ambitions to incorporate the oil-rich province in its autonomous region

Iraq considers the vote unconstitutional

Barzani says vote is not binding, but meant to provide a mandate for negotiations with Baghdad

About 30 million ethnic Kurds are scattered across the region but have no country of their own