The Syrian police killed one Kurdish demonstrator at a pro-PKK rally outside the Syrian village of Qamishli over the weekend. About 200 kurds had gathered there to show support for their PKK allies in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. The PKK, which advocates for a kurdish state in the region, has been involved in […]
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Syrian police kill a PKK demonstrator
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Syrian police · Syria and Turkey relations · PKK · Kurds · turkey
Israel to Turkey: Sorry, we might have invaded your airspace
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized to Turkey on Sunday for possibly invading Turkish airspace. Mr. Olmert refrained from admitting that it was during a Sept. 6 air strike on a Syrian military site.
Israel has yet to officially admit it carried out the strike. Turkish authorities have complained that Israel dropped fuel tanks on the country […]
Tags: turkey · Syrian nuclear ambitions · Israel