TEHRAN, Nov 1_Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country's ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions in the wake of an abrupt US troop withdrawal and a Turkish offensive against the Kurds there.
TEHRAN, oct 18_Hundreds of Kurds and pro-Kurdish protesters gathered outside the US Consulate in Thessaloniki on Thursday to protest the US withdrawal from northern Syria and Turkey's military operations in the area.
TEHRAN, oct 14_Syrian army troops have entered the towns of Tabqah, Ain Issa and Tel Tamer in northeastern Syria after Damascus reached an agreement with Kurds in the region to deploy troops in the area, state media report.
TEHRAN, oct 12_Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “reckless gamble” on the Trump administration came to light after the US president shockingly betrayed America’s loyal Kurdish allies in Syria, but the premier is left with no other choice but to keep riding the “paper tiger” to cover up his “abysmal” policy failure, an Israeli daily writes.
TEHRAN, oct 10_US President Donald Trump has defended his move in abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in the face of a Turkish invasion of northern Syria, saying the decision is justified as the Kurds didn't help the US during World War II.
TEHRAN, oct 9_A top Kurdish official says the Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria may open talks with Damascus and Russia, after the United States announced it was withdrawing troops from the area in the wake of Ankara’s looming military operation against Kurdish militants from the People's Protection Units (YPG).
TEHRAN, Jul 27 -Authorities in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have accused members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group of ordering the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in the regional capital Erbil more than a week ago.
TEHRAN, December 25 -Many Syrian Kurds have expressed frustration over the United States' planned troop withdrawal from Syria, describing it as a 'stab in the back' and considering new allies, according to the US-based National Public Radio (NPR).
TEHRAN, September 11 - Iran’s top military commander says the United States has been provoking terrorists based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over the past year to launch assaults on Iranian soil despite an earlier promise not to do so.
TEHRAN, June 15 - The Turkish military said on Friday air strikes its forces carried out killed 26 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region on June 12, the state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
TEHRAN, February 20 - The US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG) have denied reaching an agreement with Damascus over Syrian troops being deployed to Afrin to fend off a Turkish offensive.
TEHRAN, February 13 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Washington’s refusal to stop funding the Kurdish militants in Syria will affect Ankara’s decisions, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week.
TEHRAN, January 29 - Turkey detained more than 300 people for social media posts criticizing its military offensive in Syria, the government said on Monday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan accused doctors who opposed the campaign of betrayal.
TEHRAN, January 27 -Turkey says the United States has promised it for a second time to stop arming Syria-based Kurdish militants whom Ankara considers a threat to its security, as the American support for them risks pitting the two NATO members against one another.
TEHRAN, January 26 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may extend its operation against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities as far east as the Iraqi border.
TEHRAN, January 23 -Clashes and fist-fights broke out in Germany’s Hannover airport on Monday during a demonstration against Turkey’s military operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria.
TEHRAN, November 27 - The US says it will continue to support Kurdish militants in eastern Syria, contradicting Turkey's foreign minister who claimed President Donald Trump had promised that Washington would not further arm the group.
TEHRAN, November 15 -The Iraqi prime minister has welcomed a decision by Kurdish officials to respect a recent court ban on secession, but called on them to hand over control of the territory they have illegally overrun since 2003.