ISTANBUL - Turkey on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the main Syrian Kurdish political party over a deadly bombing in Ankara in February blamed on Kurdish militants. "It's known that Turkey is being ruled by decrees and a fabricated decree has been issued concerning me. Even members of parliament are being held," Muslim said, referring to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers. Arrest warrants were also issued for fugitive PKK leaders Cemil Bayik, Murat Karayilan and Fehman Huseyin over the bombing, Anadolu said. Both were arrested by Belgian authorities in March 2010, in a move that pleased Turkey, but were later released.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2016 18:11 UTC