Riyadh said it offered to deploy troops to help stabilise the situation in Syria when President Barack Obama was in power Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir reaffirmed on Tuesday the kingdom’s willingness to deploy troops [ More … ]
French president says he persuaded Trump that it was necessary to stay in Syria French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said he had convinced US President Donald Trump to maintain troops in Syria, as he [ More … ]
US hits ‘Syrian Military Sites’, in collaboration with UK and France, as Russia and Iran warn of consequences. US President Donald Trump has ordered air attacks in Syria “on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities”, in collaboration with [ More … ]
Republican Senator John McCain says Trump’s comments that US military would leave Syria ‘very soon’ emboldened Assad US President Donald Trump delivered a scathing attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after dozens of people were [ More … ]
Egypt’s foreign ministry on Sunday expressed condemnation of Turkey’s military intervention in Afrin, , saying it constitutes a “fresh violation of Syrian sovereignty.”!! Turkey’s army said it shelled shelters and hideouts used by militants in [ More … ]
Turkish forces will press their offensive against Kurdish YPG fighters along the length of Turkey’s border with Syria and if necessary into northern Iraq, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Turkish troops and [ More … ]
A 12-room underground ammunition depot belonging to the PKK terror group’s Syrian affiliates the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People’s Protection Units (YPG) was discovered Sunday amid Operation Olive Branch in [ More … ]
The Turkish military said Sunday it had taken complete control of the Afrin town center in northwestern Syria. “The Afrin town center was taken under control by Turkish Armed Forces and Free Syrian Army,” the [ More … ]
Trump wants to get the U.S. out of Syria’s war, so he asked the Saudi king for $4 billion, reports the Washington Post. In a December phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Trump had [ More … ]
BY: Mohamed Abu Saada* Introduction The Syrian crisis has placed a great burden on Turkish President Erdogan and his aspirations, as well as on Turkey’s international relations, both at the regional and international levels. The [ More … ]
Justice ministry submits extradition request for ex-PYD leader Muslum from Czech Republic. PKK-affiliated PYD’s former leader Salih Muslum detained in Prague, Turkey expects extradition Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül rejected Thursday that Turkey and Czechia [ More … ]
Iran says it will target ‘terrorists’ not covered by latest UN ceasefire resolution Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between rebels and government forces despite [ More … ]
Syrian civilians are forced into makeshift underground shelters under the streets of Douma – above them is only death The mothers soothe their children as they huddle together in a dark, airless hole in the [ More … ]
Hours after the announcement of Syrian pro-government forces have entered Afrin to confront what state media called “aggression by the Turkish regime”, Anadolu agency said that Pro-regime groups, who tried to enter Syria’s Afrin to support [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Turkey has been hosting 3.5 million guests who had to take refuge in our country to save their lives since the civil war started in Syria. In addition to this, it is estimated that [ More … ]
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