Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has expanded operations to the Kurdish enclave in neighboring Syria. The Turkish Army has deployed reinforcements along the border of the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. Officials said the reinforcements were meant to stop the flow of Kurdish fighters from Iraq to reach the Syrian enclave. “The Kurdish Workers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The leading Kurdish insurgency movement has intervened to save its compatriots in Syria. The Kurdish Workers Party has sent nearly 1,000 fighters to stop an offensive by Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The party, known as PKK, sent fighters from Iraq through Turkey and into Syria […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party has intensified operations in Turkey. The Turkish military has reported a PKK offensive in the southeast, which included attacks on soldiers and police. The General Staff reported more than 10 attacks in which the PKK attacked civilian motorists and torched their vehicles. “This [PKK] group consisted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey’s intelligence community has determined that Kurdish insurgents returned from their bases in Iraq and Syria. In a report by two intelligence agencies, the Kurdish Workers Party was said to have ended its withdrawal from Turkey, launched in 2013. The report, titled “Solution Process/PKK Report,” said the insurgency group has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan has sought to seal its border with Syria. The Kurdistan Regional Government has completed a barrier meant to block infiltration of Al Qaida from Syria. The barrier spans 17 kilometers and consists of a huge trench that blocks foreigners. “This is part of Iraqi government […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran’s elite military has been hit hard by Kurdish insurgents from Iraq. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been struck by an attack from insurgents linked to the Kurdish Workers Party. IRGC said five officers were killed in the Kurdish operation on Oct. 10 near the Iraqi border. “The force […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida has been struggling in efforts to capture northern Syria. A leading Al Qaida militia has been battling a rival Al Qaida force as well as Kurdish fighters along the Syrian-Turkish border. On Sept. 22, Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant lost a regional commander in clashes […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Turkish intelligence community has changed its assessment that the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was withdrawing its fighters from the country for neighboring Iraq and Syria. Instead, in the latest assessment, the intelligence community asserted that the PKK left the lion’s share of its operatives in Turkey. “Now they [PKK] […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iranian Kurdish fighters said they would be deployed in Syria to help establish an autonomous region near the Turkish border. The Party of Free Life in Kurdistan said it would send fighters to join their counterparts in northern Syria. In a statement, Free Life, known as the Iranian branch of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iran is building up military forces along the border of neighboring Kurdistan. Officials said the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has amassed thousands of troops as well as main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers along the border with Iraq. They said IRGC, supported by the Army, appeared to be […]