Tag: kurdish militia

Turkey detains top medical group members over Syria criticism

by Raziye AKKOC Agence France-Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey on Tuesday detained all the top members of the country’s main medical association, including its chief, after they criticized Ankara’s offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria. The arrests came after the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), which represents 80 percent of the country’s physicians, issued a statement saying that conflicts lead to “irreparable problems” and that “war is a man-made public health problem”. The TTB ended its statement […]

Turkey steps up assault on Kurdish militia in Syria

by Diyar Mustefa and Bulent Kilic in Hassa Agence France-Presse AFRIN, Syria – Turkey on Monday intensified its offensive against Kurdish militia targets in Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed there would be no stepping back in a campaign that has stoked concern among Ankara’s allies and neighbours. The Turkish military on Saturday launched operation “Olive Branch,” its second major intervention in Syria’s devastating seven-year civil war. The operation, with Turkish war planes and artillery backing a […]