Afrin, Syria

The house used by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as a military headquarters during World War I was discovered in a village in the northern Syrian town of Afrin, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 2. Click through for the story in photos...

Turkish military personnel deployed in Syria's northern district of Afrin have cast their votes in Turkey's southern border province of Hatay.

Turkey's army chief on May 25 visited the southern border province of Hatay to inspect troops taking part in the ongoing Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Syria. 

In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar was briefed by the commanders on duty in the region and issued orders.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hit out against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an exclusive interview with Kathimerini, accusing him of being "affiliated" with the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist organization and calling Turkish troops who occupied the Syrian enclave of Afrin "terrorists." 

A total of 620 Syrian police candidates will assume the security duties of Syria's northwestern Afrin region from May 10 after completing the basic training given by the Turkish Police Academy.

Responding to the comments made by the U.S. State Department, Turkish Foreign Ministry on May 5 denied reports that citizens of Syria's northern province of Afrin were allegedly not being allowed back in their homes.

Turkey will maintain its presence in the northern Syrian province of Afrin until it has been secured, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on May 4. 

The Turkish military has opened an emergency services hospital in Afrin, northwestern Syria, about a month after Turkish troops and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the Afrin district center from the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).

The number of "neutralized" militants in Turkey's operation in northwestern Afrin, Syria has risen to 4,254, while 37 militants were also neutralized in operations over the past week in northern Iraq and eastern Turkey, the Turkish army said on April 21.       

At least 9,880 Syrians in Turkey have returned to their country through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province in last three-and-a-half months, Turkish officials said, reported Anadolu Agency