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 by Staff Writers Ankara (AFP) Sept 23, 2019
Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Monday in northern Iraq in an attack blamed on Kurdish militants, the defence ministry said. The soldiers died after an improvised explosive device (IED) "placed by PKK separatist terrorists exploded as a supply convoy was passing", the ministry said. Turkish soldiers have been in northern Iraq since May in a ground offensive and bombing campaign against the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK has conducted a separatist insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984, during which more than 40,000 people have been killed. Its leadership and rear bases are located in the remote mountainous Qandil region and other areas of northern Iraq. The group is listed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara and its Western allies.
US continues to arm Kurds in Syria: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 The United States continues to provide Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria with arms and vehicles, despite the creation of a buffer zone with Turkey along the border, a US defense official said Wednesday. The US supplies the materials to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) units to fight the Islamic State (IS) group, according to the Pentagon. "We continue to provide very tailored arms and vehicles to the SDF" for use against IS, said Chris Maier, the director of the working group on the fight agai ... read more
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