Manbij offensive
SDF not present in anti-ISIL coalition meeting: US official
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an umbrella group overwhelmingly made up of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), has not attended any meeting in Washington of the international coalition to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a U.S. official told the Hürriyet Daily News on July 12.
Turkey wants 'joint mechanism' with US to collect arms from YPG
The Turkish government wants to set up a "joint mechanism" with the U.S. to collect arms sent to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) by the U.S. after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is defeated, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık has said.
İncirlik row may raise questions on Turkey's NATO role
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What kind of success did Turkey achieve in Syria?
Hours before U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's arrival in Ankara on the evening of March 29, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on NTV that Turkey's "Euphrates Shield" operation on Syria soil had been completed.
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Turkey urges US, Russia to cut support to YPG
Turkey has reiterated its desire to remove the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG), from Manbij, urging both the United States and Russia not to support "terrorist groups" in Syria, just after the top soldiers of the three countries discussed the security situation in the war-torn country in a surprise meeting.
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Turkey will hit YPG in Syrian Manbij if they stay: FM Çavuşoğlu
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 9 Turkey would strike against U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) militia in the Syrian town of Manbij if they did not leave
German government not 'Nazis' but practices are reminiscent of Third Reich: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has responded to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's criticism of Ankara's likening of the German government to the Nazis, asserting that present German politicians were not Nazis but that their practices were reminiscent of the era, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Report: U.S. troops deployed to Syria in response to Turkish threat
An armored column of American troops was spotted near the Syrian city of Manbij in a show of force after Turkey threatened to attack Kurdish forces currently occupying the city.
Questions linger on who controls Syrian town of Manbij
Manbij in Syria's north is under the protection of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Kurdish-allied militia that controls the city said, raising fresh questions over who controls the border town, which is described as "critical" by Turkey.
U.S. strengthens its forces in a crowded Syrian battlefield
The United States has increased its forces near the northern Syrian town of Manbij as concerns have grown that fighting could erupt among the complex array of militias and Syrian and Turkish troops who are operating on the crowded battlefield near there.