Democratic Federation of Northern Syria

Turkey will have to open the doors to Europe for Syrian refugees unless the European Union provides Ankara with enough support, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, adding that Turkey could not carry that burden alone.

U.S. troops have begun rebuilding a military base in the south of Ayn al-Arab, or Kobani, which was previously evacuated during Turkey's anti-terror operation in northern Syria.

Turkey has warned France over its ties with the YPG in Syria, a group Ankara considers as terrorist, reiterating its concerns that support to the group would pose great risk to the unity and territorial integrity of Syria.

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, reports AFP. 

A new report of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has described the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its Syrian affiliates, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) as "sister organizations."

The Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which is seen by Ankara as a terrorist organization and an offspring of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), have agreed to withdraw its forces from the northern town of Manbij, the U.S. Department of State has said.

The Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which is listed by Ankara as a terrorist organization and an offspring of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is scheduled to withdraw from the northern Syrian town of Manbij on July 4, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said. 

The United Kingdom has "a lot of respect and consideration" for the views of the Turkish government regarding the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), new British Ambassador to Ankara Sir Dominick Chilcott has told daily Hürriyet.

A total of 620 Syrian police candidates will assume the security duties of Syria's northwestern Afrin region from May 10 after completing the basic training given by the Turkish Police Academy.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) presence in Syria's northern Manbij region is a threat to Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said late on April 27.