TEHRAN, January 26 - A Turkish academic and a teacher said Friday they were ending their 10-month hunger strike against their dismissal under Ankara's crackdown following a failed coup bid in 2016.
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 - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has called on Turkey to exercise restraint in its military campaign against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria.
TEHRAN, January 23 - Despite the warnings of Iran and other countries about Turkey’s raids to northern Syria, the Turkish news agency Anadolu tried to justify the raids.
TEHRAN, January 22 - Turkish police have detained 24 people for "spreading terrorist propaganda" on social media related to Ankara's military operation against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, and the capital city's governor has banned all protests.
TEHRAN, January 22 -US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says Turkey gave advance notice that it was planning to launch an attack on US-allied Kurdish militias in Syria, but he did not specify if Washington tried to dissuade Ankara.
TEHRAN, January 22 -Turkey “warned” the United States ahead of launching an attack against Kurds in northern Syria, says Defense Secretary James Mattis.
The Turkish chief of staff released a video on Sunday of a tunnel that it said was used as an ammunition depot at Afrin, Syria being hit with an airstrike on Saturday.
TEHRAN, January 21 - The Syrian government on Saturday strongly condemned the “brutal Turkish aggression” against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, and categorically rejected Ankara’s claim about having informed Damascus of the operation.
TEHRAN, January 20 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara plans to launch an operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as Turkish warplanes launch airstrikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria.
TEHRAN, January 19 - Turkey would reject any offer of partnership with the European Union that falls short of membership, Ankara's minister for EU affairs said, warning that the current impasse gave Turkey no reason to maintain its migrant deal with the bloc.
TEHRAN, January 19 - Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said no troops have gone into Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region but the operation has started "de facto" with cross-border shelling.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Turkey said on Thursday it was not satisfied with Washington's attempts to allay its concern about the creation of a Syrian border force on its southern frontier, adding its "direct mistrust" of the United States continued.
TEHRAN, January 17 -Turkey says the military operation it plans to launch against US-backed Kurdish militants in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin could expand to the nearby city of Manbij.
TEHRAN, January 16 - Political and civil rights in Turkey have degraded so severely under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that it is no longer a free country, according to a new report on freedoms around the world.
TEHRAN, January 15 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the US was working to form a "terror army" on his country's southern border by training a new force in Syria that includes Kurdish fighters.
TEHRAN, January 15 - According to Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, Damascus sees the presence of Turkish forces in Syria as an act of aggression.