Syria’s Afrin Seized By HTS Terrorists as Infighting Among Rival Militants Intensifies

The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorists seized control over the predominately Kurdish city of Afrin in Aleppo province, as a result of fierce fighting between rival foreign-sponsored Takfiri militant groups in the restive northwest of Syria.

Locals in Hasaka countryside confront attempts to seize their houses by Turkish occupation mercenaries – Syrian Arab News Agency

The locals in Makhtala village in Hasaka northern countryside have confronted an attempt by the Turkish occupation mercenaries of terrorist organizations to seize a number of houses to turn them into bases and prisons for them.

Turkish occupation mercenaries expel a family from its house in Afrin, Aleppo countryside – Syrian Arab News Agency

SANA- The Turkish occupation mercenaries of terrorist organizations continue their crimes in areas occupied by them against civilians, as a group of mercenaries seized a house in Kafr Safra in Afrin area, Aleppo northern countryside.

Turkey is Registering Syrians from Afrin to Settle in Artsakh | Asbarez.com

Turkey has begun registering ethnic Turkmens from the Afrin region of Syria with the aim of settling them in Artsakh in territories that were surrendered to Azerbaijan, according to the Human Rights Organization-Afrin-Syria.

Syrie: images du corps atrocement mutilé d'une combattante, les Kurdes indignés

Les images vidéo d'un corps de femme ensanglanté et atrocement mutilé, présenté comme étant celui d'une combattante kurde de Syrie ayant subi les sévices de rebelles alliés aux forces turques, a provoqué vendredi la colère dans la communauté kurde.

Turkish-Backed Forces Cross Syrian Border as Afrin Op 'De Facto' Starts

According to Turkis DHA news agency, 20 buses with "fighters" from the Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army have crossed from Turkish Kilis into Syrian territory and are moving toward Azaz. However, no official confirmation has followed so far.

Turkey PM confirms Iraqi gov't in control of main land border

Iraq's central government has taken over control of the main land crossing into Turkey from the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday.

Iran warns Kirkuk over Iraqi Kurdistan referendum

Iran on Wednesday warned the Iraqi province of Kirkuk against taking part in next month's Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, saying it is "wrong, provocative and unacceptable".

Kirkuk’s participation in referendum is breach of Iraqi constitution: Turkey

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has criticized a decision by the local administration of Kirkuk to participate in a planned referendum by the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Sept. 25, saying it is a “serious breach” of the Iraqi constitution.

Turkey has become ‘scapegoat’ for US failure in Syria: İbrahim Kalın

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın on July 31 criticized recent statements by Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy of the anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) coalition, which linked Turkey to terror groups in northwestern Syria.  

Turkey Protests US Envoy's Remarks on Turkish Links with Terror Group

Turkey protested Sunday remarks of a US Special Envoy that links Turkey with presence of terror groups in northern Syria.

Turkey Steps Up Training of Syrian Opposition Forces

Turkey's state-run news agency says the country has intensified its training of Syrian opposition "fighters".

Terrorists Continue Plundering Syria's Infrastructures in Idlib

Members of Turkistani terrorist group looted the equipment in Zaizon Power Plant near al-Shaqour bridge in Western Idlib and sold them in the market.

Turkey will not accept any attempt to declare independence in northern Iraq

Turkey will not accept any attempt to declare independence in northern Iraq and to incorporate Kirkuk into the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said, vowing they will continue to stand with Iraqi Turkmen groups.

Iraqi parliament votes against flying KRG flag in Kirkuk

The Iraqi Parliament on April 1 voted against the decision of Kirkuk Provincial Council to raise the flag of Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) alongside the Iraqi flag in the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

US commander sees no Kurdish federation in Syria’s future

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) does not expect the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) to be able to build a Kurdish federal state in Syria’s north, according to the coalition forces’ commander.

Kirkuk council decision to wave Kurdish flag triggers reaction

A city council in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has approved raising the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) flag over official buildings, receiving protests from Turkmen and Arab members of the council.

Damascus to File Lawsuits Over Terrorist Crimes Committed in Syria

Damascus has documented proof of the crimes committed by Daesh and other terrorists, Syrian Justice Minister Najm al Ahmed said in an interview with Sputnik Arabic.

Iraqi paramilitary units, Hashid al Shaabi, free airbase in west of Mosul

Iraqi paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, announced on Wednesday the liberation of a strategic airbase near the town of Tal Afar in west of the "Islamic State" (IS)-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq, the official television reported.

Shiite militia says to have taken Mosul-Raqqa road

A spokesman of a Shiite militia said Nov. 2 that its fighters have gained control of a highway linking the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held city of Mosul to the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the militants’ self-proclaimed caliphate.