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The U.S. Department of State has amended the designation of al-Nusrah Front, an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, to include Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other aliases.

Turkish security forces have killed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant who was among the attackers of a convoy carrying main opposition Republican People's Party (PKK) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in 2016.

Turkey's EU Minister Ömer Çelik on May 26 criticized German authorities for allowing a Turkish opposition party to hold a rally he said was organized by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.

Two security guards were killed and three were wounded in an attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari on May 24, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported, citing the local governor's office.

Fifteen PKK militants were neutralized in airstrikes in eastern Turkey on May 23, according to the Interior Ministry.

A total of 21 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during operations across Turkey over the past week, the Interior Ministry announced on May 21. 

A Turkish soldier was killed and another one injured when an explosive device planted by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) went off in eastern Turkey, the Turkish military said on May 20. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has denied any new peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), after a chief presidential advisor suggested that such an initiative could be launched after the June 24 snap election. 

Turkish jets hit more than 10 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions as part of operations in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on May 18.

An alliance headed by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr and a rival bloc of pro-Iranian former fighters appeared to surge on May 14 in surprise preliminary results from Iraq's first poll since the defeat of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).