This week we unpack the stakes around Ankara's threats to take military action alongside Damascus against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Turkey’s Defense Ministry said later Wednesday that it struck more than 30 Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria, likely in retaliation for the attack in Ankara, the Associated Press reported.

It also attacked Spanish and Jewish targets in Casablanca, Morocco, so that was part of a pattern. I think Bruce Hoffman is right, Turkey was a convenient target of opportunism.

The Foreign Office notes that most terrorist attacks have taken place in southeast Turkey, Ankara and Istanbul.

Turkey is retaliating with intensive air bombing of villages it claims are PKK bases. Vowing that “the terrorists” will “pay a very heavy price,” President Erdogan said the assailants in the Wednesday ...

The attack immediately drew condemnation across Turkey. Late Monday, the Turkish soccer federation, which oversees the game in the country, suspended all matches indefinitely after an emergency ...

Updated October 23, 2024 at 17:35 PM ET ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in apparent retaliation for an attack at a key state ...

Turkey, the United States and the European Union consider the P.K.K. a terrorist organization. The blast resonated in Ankara, where residents posted on social media that they had heard gunfire.

ANKARA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Turkey will attack militants with tanks and soldiers soon, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, signalling a possible ground offensive against a Kurdish militia in ...