Turkey declares curfew in Kurdish town of Yuksekova

File photo shows Turkish soldiers prepare for military action during a curfew on February 26, 2016 at Diyarbakir's historical Sur district. © AFP

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  • A senior Hezbollah official says the Arab League move to classify the group as a terrorist organization amounted to a declaration of aggression by Saudi Arabia.
     
  • Turkish authorities declare a 24-hour, indefinite curfew in a mainly-Kurdish town, where security forces are set to launch an operation against Kurdish militants.
     
  • Macedonia’s president says his country is paying for the mistakes of the European Union, and defends the sealing if the border with Greece.
     
  • Thousands of Britons gather in front of a detention center in Bedfordshire to protest the ill treatment of women seeking asylum in the UK.

 


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