Aleppo
First step taken for return of Syrian refugees
The foundations of 5,000 residences were laid on May 24 in the Jarabulus district of Aleppo within the scope of a Turkish government project carried out in terror-free zones in Syria for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.
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MİT brings senior PKK member to Türkiye
The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has brought Burhan Piçak, who was leading PKK/KCK's "assassination unit," to Türkiye in the operation carried out in northern Iraq.
Piçak, code-named Canşer/Laşer, was determined to cross into Syria from the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Lice district in 2015 and join the PKK.
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26 PKK/YPG terrorists neutralized: Ministry
A total of 26 PKK/YPG terrorists who were preparing to attack the Operation Peace Spring and Operation Euphrates Shield zones have been neutralized, the Defense Ministry has announced.
"Eighteen PKK/YPG terrorists have been neutralized by our Turkish Armed Forces in the Euphrates Shield zone," the ministry said in a social media post.
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Turkish soldier killed as military helicopter crash-lands: Ministry
A Turkish soldier has died as one of the army's helicopters has suffered an accident during a military operation in northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry has announced.
Ministry: Six PKK/YPG terrorists neutralized
A total of six PKK/YPG terrorists have been neutralized in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone, the Turkish Defense Ministry has announced.
"There is no escape from the end that awaits them for the terrorists. The operations will continue without any interruption," the ministry said in a social media post.
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MİT neutralizes PKK local leader in N Iraq
Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized a PKK ringleader, Syrian citizen Hüseyin Şibli, codenamed "Ferhat Derik," in a surgical strike in northern Iraq's province of Sulaymaniyah.
According to local reports, Şibli, who was a high-rank PKK leader in Syria, was "assigned" recently to coordinate the terrorist organization's activities in Iraq.
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MİT catches PKK assassin in northern Syria
Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured Dilbirin Kaçar, a PKK assassin codenamed "Rojda," in Syria and brought him to Turkey.
"Kaçar was detained in a MİT operation in northern Syria's Aleppo province's Ayn al-Arab district," Demirören News Agency reported on June 7.
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MİT neutralizes third PKK leader in one month
Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized a PKK ringleader, Iranian citizen Rahime Xezali, in Syria in a third surgical strike against PKK local leaders in a month, local media has reported.
According to press reports published on June 5, Xezali was killed with two other terrorists in northern Syria's Qamishli province on May 31.
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Syrian girl hopes to walk again in Turkey
An eight-year-old Syrian girl who lost her leg is hoping to get treatment in Turkey and be able to walk again.
Fatma Nasuh lost her leg when she was only 3 years old and has been walking with crutches ever since.
She walks three kilometers (1.8 miles) with crutches every day to go to school and wants to become a pediatrician who treats children who have lost their limbs.
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Syria war records lowest monthly death toll in 9 years
The war in Syria killed 103 civilians in March, marking the lowest monthly non-combatant death toll since the start of the conflict in 2011, a war monitor said on April 1.
Of the total deaths, some 51 people were killed in shelling and air strikes by the Syrian regime, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.