Irregular military

A Peshmerga commander based in Sinjar in northern Iraq has said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is maintaining its presence in Iraq's Sinjar region despite Turkey's calls for its evacuation, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) presence in northern Iraq's Sinjar district is a threat to Turkey, United States Defense Secretary James Mattis said on March 27.

A total of 41 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during an air operation on March 22 in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on March 27.

Iraqi troops have been deployed in parts of the country’s Sinjar district, from which militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) recently retreated.

Iraq's security forces may have "partially intervened" in the country's Sinjar district, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 26 amid speculation over a Turkish intervention against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) elements there

In his outgoing address as Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor, David Schwendiman said that gathering evidence and locating witnesses to indict former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army had been tough.

The Turkish Armed Forces have "neutralized" nine more outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq, bringing the total number since March 10 to 50, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 22.

Turkish jets "neutralized" 38 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, security sources said on March 20.

Afghanistan's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) affiliate has claimed responsibility for a bombing outside a sports stadium in eastern Nangarhar province that killed three people and wounded 10.

A court in northern Greece has convicted a Syrian refugee of having been a fighter with the Islamic State group in Syria, and sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment.

The Komotini court acquitted the man Monday of murder and explosives-related charges concerning his alleged activities with the group, his lawyer said.