The U.S. has started withdrawal from military bases in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah to northern Iraq. The move comes following a recent troop pullout from the cities of Raqqah, Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and [ More … ]
Designation follows Trump’s pledge to issue executive order authorizing possible imposition of sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday on two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over Turkey’s anti-terror operation in northeastern [ More … ]
Turkey’s cross-border operation into northern Syria has so far neutralized 109 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists since it was launched on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Ankara launched on Wednesday the [ More … ]
Turkey and the Syrian National Army have launched their much-awaited operation against Daesh and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) terror groups in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday. “Our aim is to [ More … ]
Accusing the US of delaying the set up of safe zones, Erdogan announces incursion into Syria to dislodge YPG militia. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed a pledge to carry out a cross-border military [ More … ]
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has arrived in Turkey to try to hammer out a deal for Kurdish fighters in Syria, as the United States prepares a military withdrawal from the country. Bolton touched down in [ 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 … ]
Turkish military shares pictures of Turkish and US soldiers during training Soldiers from Turkey and the U.S. continue joint training on combined patrols in Manbij, northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Sunday. The Turkish [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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