The defence ministry said the militants belonged to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkey regards the PKK and YPG to be identical, while the ...

and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. Turkey considers the PKK and YPG to be identical; the United States considers them separate groups, having banned the PKK as terrorists but recruited the YPG as ...

Please try again later. ERBUL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday warned that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) will experience a “bitter fate ...

DOHA/ISTANBUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, as Turkey continued its ...

The remains of a convoy in Syria hit by a Turkish airstrike in December 2024, which Ankara claims was carrying missiles to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. (EPA Images pic) Turkey said on Sunday it ...