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God willing, we will root out all of them as soon as possible, says Turkish president

It follows an agreement they signed last week which gave Kurdish forces 150 hours to withdraw

Before joint Turkish-Russian patrols are due to start in areas near the Syrian border

After regime troops deploy along parts of Syria's NE border to help stave off the Turkish offensive

Russian, Turkish forces to conduct joint patrols of a narrower strip of land on the Syrian side of the border

Turkish president 'thoroughly rejected' the letter and launched the military operation

With the US, in another U-turn, coming out strongly against Turkish intervention

Turkish president says Turkey is not worried about sanctions

After months of threats to begin an offensive against the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia

As the Turkish military launched an air and ground offensive in mountainous northern Iraq

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

As the vessel was crossing the Tigris to celebrate the Kurdish New Year

After pausing offensive multiple times for thousands of dust-covered women, children and men to flee

More than 10,000 people vacate Baghouz for SDF-held territory

As US-backed Syrian forces launch assault on last IS redoubt

After a pause of more than a week to allow civilians to flee

Four years ago, IS-controlled territory the size of Britain, administered millions of people

In protest against the prison conditions of militant Kurdish leader

Marks the first time federal Iraqi forces and the peshmerga working together since Kurdish independence referendum

US-led coalition against IS in Raqqa may have broken international law, says Amnesty International

'From 2011 until now, there has never been the level of bombardment we've seen in the last 96 hours'

The monitor said fierce fighting killed at least 50 IS fighters, and 23 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen

The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces

The referendum was condemned by neighboring Turkey and Iran

Ankara plans to use all options from economic sanctions to military measures to counter the Kurdish move

Kurds have never lived under single, centralised power

The Syria army operation in the area, backed by air support from ally Russia

The SDF has captured just under 60 percent of Raqa city since it entered in June

Washington has expressed concern that it could distract from the joint fight against the Islamic State group

A vote will decide on whether to split the region from the rest of Iraq and form an independent region

Warplanes struck seven PKK targets in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq

Reporter killed by explosive device near on a roadside

Turkey has blamed PKK for several deadly attacks and bombings throughout the country

Defence minister says Turkey would redouble its efforts to fight militancy

PKK militants have fought a three-decade insurgency in Turkey's largely Kurdish south-east

A US-led coalition has trained and armed the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, most of whom are Kurdish

The courts have arrested over 35,000 people under a state of emergency imposed in the wake of the coup

The arrests come a day after the co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party were jailed

Selahattin Demirtas was detained at his home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir

A group of 11 counter-revolutionaries, who were attempting to infiltrate the country, were immediately detected

Kurdish rebels periodically attack Iranian armed forces near the border with Iraq's Kurdish region

Says the attack on Tuesday was revenge for operations by the Turkish army in the Kurdish-dominated southeast

The latest comments appear to be the first time Erdogan has accused Moscow of supplying arms to the PKK

'We are completely ready. Not us, but the US is responsible for the delay' Cavasoglu says

At least 29 civilians have been killed since IS launched the assault early on Friday

There is no indication who fired the fatal shot at Pinar Gemsiz, who was reportedly 33

Clashes broke out as members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party tried reaching the nearby Syrian city of Qamishli