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As well as the enduring Isis threat, the power dynamics in Syria are finely balanced

US alarmed by Erdogan announcement but silent on how its 2,200 troops in field will act

Jihadis in villages of non-Muslim Yazidi Kurds persecute them for their faith and ethnicity

At least three Irish men are fighting with Kurds in Syria, part of an international battalion of ‘villagers, students, sons of butchers, socialists and anarchists’

Ankara denies carrying out ‘demographic change’ in Kurdish territory

Why Syria's government is bombing east of Damascus, and Turkey's role in the north

Ties between Nato allies strained ahead of visit to Ankara by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson

Kurdish group YPG is now facing an escalating battle with Turkish forces in northwestern Syria

Turkish president Erdogan an awkward guest for the French president

Ties between Ankara and West eroding as Turkey moves closer to dictatorship

Kurdish and Arab fighters prepare for long campaign as terrorists boost defences

Tayyip Erdogan says he has evidence US forces supported terrorist organistaions

Laois native Joshua Molloy (24) was detained after fighting with Kurdish forces in Syria

Laois native Joshua Molloy in British army for four years but travelled to Syria in 2015

Formulation of Syrian peace plan frustrated by task of defining terrorist factions

Attack carried out by a Syrian national working with Kurdish militants, claims PM

Ceasefire effort must go on despite latest violence against civilians, says EU envoy

Moscow denies hitting civilian targets, as Ankara vows to defend town of Azaz

Syrian Kurds gain control of frontier as Ankara speaks of ethnic cleansing

Syrian Kurdish YPG ends four-month battle for town near Turkish border

Sunni militants press assault on Syrian border town of Kobani despite air strikes

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says warplanes struck near Albu Kamal early today