Turkey closes border posts to stop refugee influx
The Turkish government has closed many of its border posts with Syria to stop huge numbers of Kurdish refugees entering the country. There are also reports that Turkey wants to stop Kurds crossing into Syria to join the fight against Islamic State (IS ...
Syrian refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000
CUK KENDIRCILER, Turkey — The 19-year-old Kurdish militant, who has been fighting the Islamic State group in Syria, brought his family across the border into Turkey to safety Sunday. But in the tranquility of a Turkish tea garden just miles from the ...
Erdogan: Turkey won't give hostage release details
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish government won't reveal details of a covert operation that ensured the release of 49 people held hostage by the Islamic State group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. The hostages — 46 Turks and three Iraqis ...
Turkey Closes Syrian Border Crossing As Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kurds Flee ISIS
Following clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish refugees fleeing the Islamic State group in Syria, Turkey has begun closing some of its border crossings with the war-torn country, according to a BBC report. Turkish authorities have reportedly ...
Turkey opens doors for Syria refugees fleeing ISIS onslaught, earns UN praise
Ankara: With the murderous onslaught of the Islamic State pushing the conflict close to Turkish border in Syria, the last couple of days have witnessed an unabated stream of refugees crossing into Turkey. The number of refugees, mainly Syrian Kurds, to ...
Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey
SURUC, Turkey — Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian Kurds fleeing into neighboring Turkey may have topped 100,000 and was likely to go much higher.
70,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey from IS violence: UN
Ankara: Some 70,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey since Friday fleeing violence spread by the Islamic State (IS) militants, who have seized dozens of Kurdish villages in northern Syria, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Sunday.
Turkey clamps down on Syria border after Kurdish unrest
Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria after about 100,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the past two days. On Sunday Turkish security forces clashed with Kurds protesting in solidarity with the refugees. Some ...
Turkey Syria border
Turkey Syria border Protesters close a main road as Turkish security forces use teargas and water cannons to disperse local people as several hundred Syrian refugees wait at the border in Suruc, Turkey. Turkey opened its border Saturday to allow in up to ...
Rise of Islamic schools causes alarm in secular Turkey
ISTANBUL: When Turkish pupils received their school entry exam results after the end of last term, textile worker and father Halil Ibrahim Beyhan received an unpleasant surprise. His daughter had been assigned to a religious high school, like thousands of ...
