Defense ministry says some 20 PKK targets 'destroyed' after rebel group claims responsibility for attack on government building; Erdogan reiterates Syria buffer zone plan

Incident comes a day after violence between US-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops left several Kurds dead

Agreement comes months after Islamic Republic attacked Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq; Tehran says pact will end 'vicious' attacks by Kurdish groups

Turkish president urges his Russian counterpart to implement terms of 2019 agreement that called for a 30-kilometer-deep buffer zone on border

Revolutionary Guard targets 'headquarters and conspiracy centers' of dissident groups, which it says are being supported by the US and its allies; Kurds say attacks 'unjustifiable'

Turkish president enjoys diplomatic success of Ukraine grain deal, but faces tension with Russia's leader over conflicting interests in Syrian civil war

In Kobani last year, The Times of Israel found a Kurdish people interested in Israeli life and hopeful for a peaceful future. That hope was to be dashed

US vice president shares tense handshake with Turkish leader before urging him to halt offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria

Regime troops move toward border after reaching deal with Kurds to help counter Turkish military offensive; Erdogan signals imminent assault on Manbij

Jonathan Spyer says Erdogan's army indiscriminately shelling civilian areas, though unlikely to carry out massacres; believes Kurds will reject Israeli offer of humanitarian aid