Tag: Syria
“We did not learn from Afrin; that is how we are in this mess in Idlib,” said a two-star retired major general when news about the harassment of the Turkish army’s Morek observation point by Russian-backed forces broke. ...
The Turkish president has vowed to unblock what was once considered the main gateway for refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded the US and the EU create a safe zone in northern ...
It’s been some weeks since the end of the Eid al-Adha holiday and the streets of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district are vibrant again, but the usual landscape has one striking difference this time – Syrian refugees ...
After years of rising tensions between Turkey and the US over the situation in northern Syria, an unexpected rapprochement has pulled the two countries back from possible conflict. Relations between the two countries had deteriorated ...
Turkey and the United States have agreed on the creation of a buffer zone in northern Syria in areas controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces. Details of the agreement remain sketchy but roughly it’s has been agreed that ...
Presidents of Russia and Turkey agree to ‘normalise’ situation in Syria’s Idlib but offer few details on compromise. Ankara, Turkey – Turkey and Russia have agreed to “normalise” the situation in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province ...
Turkey and the United States have reached an agreement to immediately launch the first phase of a so-called safe zone plan in northern Syria, irrespective of the Damascus government’s strong opposition that the scheme amounts ...
MOSCOW — Syrian air force strikes on a Turkish military convoy in Idlib province Aug. 19 are straining relations between Russia and Turkey. An Aug. 19 press release on the situation from the Turkish Defense Ministry doesn’t mention Syria once, ...
Ankara once welcomed millions of Syrians as “guests.” Now, as anti-refugee sentiment rises, they are being sent back across the border, where they face danger and death. BY KAREEM CHEHAYEB, SARAH HUNAIDI Syrian refugee Nidal Hussein Hussein, ...
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Turkey vowed to being a military operation in eastern Syria last month. It continued the threats into early August as the US, which has forces in eastern Syria, scrambled to come up with a plan that would ...