Egyptian security teams reportedly made contacts in Manbij to coordinate steps taken against Turkey Things are heating up in Syria’s Manbij, located in the northeast of the Aleppo governorate, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided [ More … ]
Turkey will carry out a military operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria in a couple of days, and this step will facilitate the country’s political solution, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. [ 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 … ]
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says ‘no other NATO ally has suffered more terrorist attacks’ Amid the current Turkish-led counter-terrorist operation in Syria, Turkey has genuine security concerns, NATO’s chief said Wednesday. “Turkey has some legitimate [ More … ]
Drones captured footage of terrorists dressed as civilians launching attacks on Turkey, before being neutralized by the Turkish army Drone footage shows YPG/PKK terrorists conducting attacks targeting Turkey from residential areas in Syria’s Afrin in [ More … ]
Strained by American support for a terrorist group in Syria, Turkish relations with the U.S. are close to breaking, warned Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday. “Ties with the U.S. are at very critical point. We [ More … ]
BY: Ibrahim Karagul That ‘map of evil’ is going to fail. This is homeland defense, and we know very well how to do this The operation that started with Afrin and is required to continue to [ More … ]
Turkish Armed Forces surround Afrin from northern, northwestern and western sides Turkish Armed Forces on Sunday took control of 11 PYD/PKK positions and created safe zones during Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region. [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Turkey is preparing to ramp up its military presence in Syria, as Kurdish forces continue their advance in the north and an al-Qaeda-linked affiliate kicks out Ankara’s rebel allies. Turkey is preparing to ramp up [ More … ]
BY: Merve Şebnem Oruç* Turkey has long since expressed its thoughts and attitude regarding Syria and Iraq. Ankara time after time stated what sort of a future the sectarian approach of the Maliki regime in Baghdad [ More … ]
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