Kurdish militia News

Clashes in northern Syria between Kurdish militias and Turkey-backed rebels have left 30 dead, a war monitor reported.

Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing dozens, in a cross-border assault on U.S. allies that has turned the Washington establishment against Donald Trump.

Turkish President met Pope Francis on Monday as feelings ran high over Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria.

Turkey on Sunday seized a strategic outpost from Kurdish militia in Syria.

Turkish warplanes struck positions of a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria`s Afrin province on Saturday.

Ankara considers the YPG a terrorist group and the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency inside Turkey since 1984.

The Turkish military launched artillery fire on the YPG in retaliation, destroying several targets belonging to the group.  

Turkey`s military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone.

Turkey said it aims to rid the northern Syrian border area of both Islamic State (IS) extremists and Kurdish militia.

Canada announced Monday it will end air strikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and bring home its six fighter jets on February 22.