Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)

Some 19 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants have been neutralized as part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation in Syria, the Turkish Armed Forces announced on Jan. 10.

Turkish-led air and ground operations in Syria killed 48 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Jan. 8 while Turkish warplanes destroyed 23 buildings and shelters used by the jihadists, Turkey's armed forces said in a statement on Jan. 9. 

Five militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), including two alleged future suicide bombers, have been caught while trying to illegally cross the border from Syria to Turkey, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 7. 

Two suicide bombers along with three other members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were caught while trying to illegally cross the border from Syria to Turkey, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 7.

One Turkish soldier and 69 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were killed over the weekend in clashes in Syria's al-Bab, while a total of 365 targets were hit as part of Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation.

One Turkish soldier has been killed in clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria's al-Bab as part of Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, while 37 ISIL militants were killed in Turkish airstrikes, the Turkish military said in a statement on Jan. 7. 

One Turkish soldier has been killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria's al-Bab as part of Turkey's ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 7. 

The killed soldier was a sergeant and was part of the Turkish forces to capture al-Bab from ISIL, along with Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA). 

Turkey could consider putting an end to the use of its İncirlik base by international coalition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) amid a row between Ankara and Washington over U.S. relations with the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).

The United States has made a strategic mistake by cooperating with the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Defense Minister Fikri Işık said Jan. 6.

The Turkish military and Syrian rebels killed 32 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the latest clashes in northern Syria on Jan. 5, Turkey's armed forces said in a statement on Jan. 6.