Kurdistan Workers’ Party - Page 3

Contents: Kurds, Assad forces, US and ISIS converge in Hasaka, alarming Turkey; Turkey launches rebel army to fight both ISIS and Kurds in Syria

Contents: Turkey’s downward spiral continues with massive wedding terror attack; Report: US military moving nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania; Turkey’s Erdogan announces a complete U-turn on Syria policy

A string of bombings, blamed on Kurdish rebels and targeting Turkey’s security forces, killed at least 11 people and wounded 226 others, officials said Thursday.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday defended a leaked government report alleging Turkey was a hub for Islamist groups, a charge that has further strained tensions with Ankara, a key partner in efforts to stem mass migration.

Contents: Truck bombing by PKK terrorists kills seven in southeastern Turkey; Turkey threatens EU migrant deal, saying EU is humiliating Turkey, not helping; Turkey’s failed coup raises concerns about nuclear weapons at Incirlik Air Base

Forces from Shiite Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intercepted “terrorists” who infiltrated Iran from Sunni Turkey in a bid to launch attacks in the Islamic Republic, according to state-controlled media. The incident reportedly occurred near the Iran-Turkey border,

The Turkish armed forces have carried out their first air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq since last week’s coup attempt, killing 20 fighters, state media reported Wednesday.

Contents: Hard issues prevent full reconciliation between Turkey and Russia; Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt appears to be unlikely

The Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has provided funds and weapons to the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Marxist-inspired guerrilla group listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the rest of NATO, according to a Turkish intelligence report.

Contents: Turkey bans fertilizer sales after two terror bombings; Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits; Israel cracks down on Palestinian workshops producing guns

A Manhattan resident, identified as an anarchist-communist, has snuck into war-ravaged Syria to join the Marxist People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia that receives military support from the United States in its fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), reports New York City’s progressive newspaper The Village Voice.

Contents: Israel’s Netanyahu responds cautiously to Tel Aviv terror attack; West Bank Palestinians reject call to end security cooperation with Israel; Turkey endures two days of terror bombing attacks; Terror attacks in Turkey complicate EU-Turkey migrant deal

Dictator Bashar al-Assad, seemingly ignoring President Barack Obama’s push to advance a political solution to the Syrian conflict, has reportedly vowed to “liberate” every inch of Syria.

Taliban jihadists replaced their Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) counterparts as the world’s chief perpetrators of terrorism attacks last year, with 1,093 individual attacks, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.

Photos of U.S. special forces wearing the insignia of the Syrian Kurdish Protection Units (YPG) drew ire from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has repeatedly accused the militia of being linked to the terrorist group known as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The Pentagon has seemingly changed its position on U.S. special operations troops wearing uniform insignia linked to the armed group of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) known as the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Contents: EU-Turkey migrant deal unravels over brinksmanship on both sides; More refugees now reaching Europe via Italy than via Greece; Italy rescues 800 migrants from Mediterranean Sea, many of them from Syria

Turkish warplanes have renewed airstrikes against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq, Reuters has learned from military sources.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) stands against “any terrorist group” that attacks Turkey, a Pentagon spokesperson indicated to Breitbart News.

Contents: London elects Sadiq Khan as mayor, the first Muslim mayor of a major Western city; Turkey’s Erdogan threatens EU: ‘We’ll go our own way, you go yours!’; Turkey says it will meet other EU requirements for lifting visa restrictions

Contents: With Turkey already in chaos, Erdogan forces PM Davutoglu to resign; Davutoglu’s resignation may complicate the EU-Turkey migrant deal; Syria and Russia continue ‘Grozny Model,’ killing women and children in Aleppo refugee camp

The U.S.-backed Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria is aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a terrorist organization, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told a Senate panel, echoing Turkey’s position on the relationship between the two groups.

Contents: Reader question on Iran and Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr; European Commission expected to recommend visa-free travel for citizens of Turkey

Contents: Female suicide bomber attacks Bursa in northwestern Turkey; Austria votes to close border with Italy to slow refugees

Contents: Violence spreads across Turkey as both Turkey and PKK escalate fight; Puerto Rico headed for new financial default on May 1

A pro-government news outlet in Turkey has accused the U.S.-backed Democratic Union Party (PYD) of attacking other Kurdish groups in Syria and promoting communist ideology.

Turkey must use all measures at its disposal against the separatist communist group known as Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including stripping its members of their citizenship, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq echoed Turkey’s position and said the terrorist group known as the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) and the U.S.-backed Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria “are exactly one and the same thing.”

Contents: Istanbul terrorist attack is the latest in a string of attacks on Turkey; Israel participating in investigation of Istanbul attack

Kurds will combine three Kurdish-led autonomous areas in northern Syria into a federal system, Kurdish officials have announced.

A militant group linked to the communist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the United States considers a terrorist group, has claimed responsibility for carrying out the suicide car-bomb attack that killed 37 people in the Turkish capital.

Contents: Yet another terrorist bombing in Ankara Turkey kills 34; AQIM takes credit for armed terror attack on Ivory Coast beach resort

Turkish warplanes struck against Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq on Monday after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing that security officials said involved a female fighter of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Sunday’s attack, tearing through

The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which controls large swaths of northern Syria, must refrain from supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, warned U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Contents: Latest Syria peace plan officially fails; Shifting alliances across the Mideast

Contents: Six Turkish soldiers killed in explosion a day after Ankara attack; New terrorist attacks cause further splits in US-Turkey relationship; Russia’s attacks on civilian hospitals in Aleppo follow the ‘Grozny model’