It is possible that new US President Joe Biden will interact with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds and he would likely will ask Turkey to negotiate with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Anthony Avice Du Buisson told KurdPress in an interview.

Germany does not prefer to implement an arms embargo on NATO member Turkey, German newspaper Stimme quoted German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas as saying on Tuesday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed an order by a top European court for the immediate release of the most prominent Kurdish politician, Selahattin Demirtas, jailed in Turkey.

Turkish artillery once again attacked residential areas in Amedi, Dohuk province of the Kurdistan Region.

A Turkish court Monday sentenced Leyla Guven, a deputy with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of her parliamentary seat and legal immunity in June, to more than 22 years in prison on terrorism-related charges.

The president general of the Kurdistan Islamic Party (PIK) said: "(Turkey President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's invitation to the Iraqi prime minister to visit Turkey is to put pressure on the Kurds and make the Kurds more economically and politically dependent on Ankara and Baghdad."

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Wednesday that Turkey should immediately release prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, and said the justification for his years in prison was cover for limiting pluralism and debate.

Seven Turkish-backed rebels were killed and at least three others wounded in clashes east of Ain al-Issa over the past two days, The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed on Tuesday, December 22.

Syrian fighters backed by Turkey clashed on overnight Thursday with Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, Reuters reported.

Turkish military warplanes have bombed eight villages in the Kurdistan Region on Saturday morning, December 19.

A fire in a private hospital’s COVID-19 intensive care unit killed eight people, the governor’s office in Turkey southeastern Kurdish province of Gaziantep said on Saturday, December 19.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi committed to enhanced cooperation on terrorism, trade and energy, although Turkey’s ongoing military operations in Iraqi Kurdistan may remain a source of contention between the two neighbors.

Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents and Turkey-backed rebels, a Turkish source said on Friday, December 18.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had talked with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein about the opening of Ovakoy border between the two countries. But he stressed that the move would be made without "taking Erbil or Baghdad by surprise".

A split in the NATO alliance is possible as a result of the United States imposing sanctions on Turkey for buying the Russian-made S-400 missile system, defense analyst Alex Gatopoulos said on Friday in an article for Al Jazeera.