Russia’s Ambassador to Ankara Aleksey Yerkhov has described the upcoming summit in Tehran with the participation of the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran as the “best opportunity” for resolving the Syrian problem amid concerns [ More … ]
Kurdish military commander says Washington and Ankara’s plans for flashpoint northern city are premature Turkey and the United States have agreed on a roadmap for Syria’s Manbij that would see the Kurdish YPG militia leave [ More … ]
Analysts say Saudi foreign minister’s comments are purely political and an attempt to ‘throw the hot potato on Doha’s lap’ The US government will stop protecting Qatar if the country doesn’t fund the American military [ More … ]
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 … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump have discussed developments in Syria amid the political crisis following the Douma chemical attack, presidential sources said early Thursday. The presidents exchanged views about [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday, February 15, 2018 in attempt to calm the tense relations between the two countries [ More … ]
It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week It was reported this week that Turkish and U.S. delegations will start their meetings next week. A few weeks [ 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 … ]
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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