Thousands demonstrated on Sunday in a predominantly Kurdish area on the Syrian border with Turkey against threats of an offensive issued the day before by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kurds protest in Syria against Turkish offensive threat

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosted representatives of the Kurdish-led force that defeated Islamic State (IS) extremists in Syria, assuring them of France's support in the fight against remaining jihadists.

Macron meets Syrian Kurds, vows French support in fight against Islamic State

Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the unearthing of a mass grave of Kurds killed by the former leader's forces three decades ago.

Iraq unearths mass grave of Kurds killed by Saddam Hussein

There’s one thing Turkey and the US can definitely agree on these days: Unreliability is now the bedrock of their relationship. It’s perhaps not surprising when the two powers are led by notably unpredictable men — US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Why the US is still losing Turkey

US President Donald J Trump’s threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds, allied with the United States in the wake of the announced withdrawal of American forces, potentially serves his broader goal of letting regional forces fight for common goals like countering Iranian influence in Syria.

Syrian Kurds: The new frontline in confronting Iran and Turkey

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Dispatch: 'Will devastate Turkey economically if they hurt Kurds', says Donald Trump

President Donald Trump warned Turkey on Sunday of economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in the wake of the US troop pullout from Syria, while also urging the Kurds not to "provoke" Ankara.

Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds: Trump

Russia said on Friday it was important for Syrian Kurds and the Syrian government to start talking to each other in light of US plans to withdraw its forces from Syria.

US Syria pullout spurs need for Kurds and Damascus to talk: Russia 

Days after US National Security Advisr John Bolton stated conditions for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told journalists in Ankara on Tuesday that Turkey would provide no assurances to Kurdish militia forces in Syria.

Turkey will give no assurances to US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria: Erdogan's spokesman

White House national security adviser John Bolton added a new condition on Sunday to the US withdrawal from Syria, saying Turkey must agree to protect the United States' Kurdish allies.

Turkey should not attack Kurds after US pulls out of Syria: Bolton

Turkey on Friday hit out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for saying Washington will ensure Ankara does not "slaughter" Kurds in Syria as American troops withdraw.

Pompeo equating  YPG terror organisation with Kurds shows worrying lack of knowledge: Turkey

Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city on Friday, in a shift of alliances hastened by last week's announcement of a US military withdrawal.

Syrian army enters Manbij in new alliance with Kurds

President Tayyip Erdogan said France had taken a 'completely wrong approach' on Syria

Turkey says France could become 'target' for backing Syria Kurds

Syria's conflict broke out in 2011 with protests against Assad

Turkish-led forces oust Kurds from Syria's Afrin

Pro-government forces and Kurdish-led forces have fought each other elsewhere in Syria and Damascus opposes the Kurds` demands for autonomy. But in Afrin they have a common enemy and a mutual interest in blocking Turkish advances

Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey

The takeover transforms the balance of power in the country

After they threaten independence referendum, Iraqi forces seize oil city of Kirkuk from Kurds

At least 10 Kurdish fighters were killed and 27 wounded during fighting overnight with Iraqi pro-government paramilitary forces in disputed Kirkuk province

10 Kurdish fighters killed in clashes with Iraqi forces

The demand came as he was campaigning ahead of an April 16 referendum on constitutional changes that would broaden his presidential powers

Turkey's Erdogan calls on Iraqi Kurds to lower Kurdish flag in Kirkuk

The UN?human rights office said in a report on the period July 2015-December 2016 that up to 500,000 people, mostly Kurds, had been displaced

2,000 killed in southeast Turkey over 18 months: United Nations

The leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples'?Democratic Party (HDP) were jailed Friday, drawing condemnation from the West

Thousands of Kurdish supporters in Paris protest against Turkish authorities

The minister is expected to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem on Saturday

India's Minister of State for External Affairs visits Syria

With support from Turkey and the US-led coalition, rebels in the northern province of Aleppo have been fighting for months to clear the Islamic State (IS) from the Aleppo countryside.

Turkey offers US joint Syria operation, without the Kurds

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