BY: HILAL KAPLAN* Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of Operation Euphrates Shield in which Turkey cleared two major cities from Daesh with the help of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces. Turkish territory was targeted [ More … ]
Turkish-led op has cleared about 1,900 sq m of Syrian soil, including the critical city of Jarabulus, of Daesh militants The number of Syrians who have returned from Turkey to Jarabulus near the Turkish border [ More … ]
BY: OZAN CEYHUN* Turkey is a topic on the agenda at the European Parliament this week. Unfortunately, some lies and baseless claims are likely to be uttered once again. Turkey will be criticized for some imprisoned [ More … ]
-Syrians can be seen waiting in line at Turkey’s Karkamis border crossing to go to the liberated northern Syrian city – More than 7,700 Syrians have returned to northern Syria’s Jarabulus city from Turkey’s Gaziantep [ More … ]
– We love to see the children so happy, says one journalist of the city, liberated by Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield – International journalists Thursday did what few but seasoned war reporters would have done [ More … ]
By: İBRAHIM KALIN* If the last five years of this brutal war have taught us anything, it is that establishing safe zones is the only viable option to stop these insane massive killings, destruction of [ More … ]
BY: İHSAN AKTAŞ* The occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviets and the occupation of Iraq by the Bush administration prepared the ground for the germination and flourishing of terrorist organizations in the Middle East. As [ More … ]
BY: NAGEHAN ALÇI* It has been nearly one month since Operation Euphrates Shield was launched. The operation, which started in Jarablus, helped unify the 100-kilometer line between Azaz and Jarablus with the opening of the [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* Turkey’s involvement in Syria via Jarabulus has undoubtedly brought hope for the Syrian people. Because, in every place Turkey stepped into, the inhabitants of that place returned to their homes and those [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* A new era has evolved on the crisis in Syria, which is now in its fifth year, with the Jarabulus operation and involves the world’s most important actors. While the demographic transformation [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* – Turkey did not initiate any war; a war was waged on Turkey. Operation “Euphrates Shield” is a defense that started from Jarabulus. July 15 was the main frame of this war. [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* The operation Turkey conducted on Daesh in Jarabulus, a city in Syria near the Turkish border, might be a little late, yet it was a necessary step to take. Turkey is now [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* The operation Turkey started in Syrian territory the previous night is a move that will move the stones and change the power map; not only in Syria but in the entire region. [ More … ]
– Turkish tanks crossed the border into northern Syria Wednesday as part of operations to clear Daesh terrorists from the city of Jarabulus, said military sources, according to Anadolu Agency. The sources, speaking on condition [ More … ]
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