Turkey

70,000 children displaced by NE Syrian violence

11:52 pm October 21, 2019

Beirut: An international aid group says about 70,000 children have been displaced since the start of the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria. The United Nations has said more than 176,000 people have been uprooted. Save the Children says many of the displaced have sought shelters in two dozen schools in Hassakeh city, southeast of the […]

Trump says US troops ‘largely out’ of Syria region

9:19 pm October 16, 2019

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says U.S. troops are “largely out” of a region of Syria where Turkish forces are attacking Kurdish fighters. Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters allied with the U.S. after Trump pulled troops from the region this month. As he met Wednesday with Italy’s president, Trump said: “If Syria wants […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Russia offers to mediate in Syria, asserting its role

9:07 pm October 16, 2019

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey: Russia offered Wednesday to mediate a resolution in northern Syria, further asserting Moscow’s role as a regional force, ahead of a mission by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to press Turkey for a cease-fire in its attack on Syrian Kurdish fighters. Ahead of talks with Pence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defied U.S. […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Syria offensive to continue until ‘objectives achieved’: Erdogan

6:58 pm October 15, 2019

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey’s operation against Kurdish militants in northern Syria would not stop until “our objectives have been achieved”. Turkey is in the seventh day of its assault against the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which it sees as a “terrorist” off-shoot of Kurdish insurgents in its own […]

Mary Kom Boxing Academy gets new infrastructure

Mary Kom signs off with bronze in World Championships

3:00 pm October 12, 2019

Ulan-Ude (Russia): Six-time champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Saturday settled for a bronze medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships after losing to Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu in an intense semifinal bout here. Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. The […]