
Battles raged Friday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press an assault against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, dismissing “threats” from other countries while the US warned Ankara of fresh sanctions. President Donald Trump, whose order to pull back US troops from the border this week effectively triggered ...

Two civilians were killed on Friday in a mortar attack by Kurdish militants into Turkish territory, state news agency Anadolu said. The deaths occurred when a shell hit a house in the town of Suruc, adjacent to Kobane in Syria which is under the control of the Kurdish People’s Protection ...