A high-level Saudi official is in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which was recently retaken from the Islamic State group, to discuss his country’s role in reconstruction efforts A state-linked Saudi news site says a [ More … ]
Syrian activists reacted with anger as Abdullah Ocalan’s image appeared following the liberation of the city from Islamic State Syrian social media users have reacted with alarm after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) unveiled a [ More … ]
The shipment included storm howitzer artillery and M114s that were sent to the Turkish district of Elbeyli on the Turkey-Syria border A military shipment of storm howitzer artillery and M114s were transported to Turkey’s Elbeyli [ More … ]
Turkey and Iran have discussed possible joint military action against Kurdish militant groups, after talks in Ankara last week between the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces and Turkish leaders, President Tayyip Erdogan said. [ More … ]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that a joint Turkish-Iranian operation against Kurdish militants was “always on the agenda”, a week after Tehran’s top armed forces commander visited Ankara for rare talks. Turkey has [ More … ]
Comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were ‘disrespectful, insolent’, Turkish Deputy PM Bekir Bozdag says Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag on Saturday condemned German Foreign Minister Sigmar [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* The terror corridor formed in Syria’s north is a plan to annihilate Turkey. As soon as it is completed, the Turkey front will be opened, an area spanning hundreds of kilometers will be [ More … ]
Speaking in eastern Turkey’s Malatya, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey remains determined to launch ‘new moves’ akin to its foray into northern Syria in August 2016. Referring to Daesh, he said the situation in [ More … ]
Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın on July 31 criticized recent statements by Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy of the anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) coalition, which linked Turkey to terror groups in northwestern [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* There are hardly any countries in the world whose political agendas are as intense as Turkey’s. Such is the price it pays for being an active player in a turbulent, chaos-ridden region. [ More … ]
Inconsistent statements from the U.S. on retriving the weapons it is providing the YPG after operations end shows that the Obama administration’s policies still dominate Washington, which could further strain U.S.-Turkish ties U.S. Defense Secretary [ More … ]
BY: SAADET ORUÇ* The enmity towards Islam is the real root cause that leads to the attacks against Muslim such as the recent one at Finsbury Park The sentence, “In addition, Switzerland stated that the PKK [ More … ]
US Defense Secretary Mattis claims the weapons sent to the YPG militia will be retrieved once Daesh is defeated. The weapons sent to the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, the YPG, in Syria’s Raqqa, will be retrieved [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* They did not even wait until they captured the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from Daesh to turn on Turkey and Turkish interests in Syria… The Americans have been telling us tales that [ More … ]
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