Diplomats will Geneva next week for the first meeting of Syria's Constitutional Committee. Reporting by Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun Ankara, Andrey Kuzmin Moscow, Ali Kucukgocmen Istanbul, Stephanie Nebehay Geneva Writing by Daren Butler Editing by Gareth Jones and Jonathan Spicer... ..…
The Four A’s of American Policy Failure in Syria . How events in Afghanistan, Astana, Adana, and Ankara all led to the victory of Russian diplomacy over U.S. force. . ... The final “A”—Ankara—is perhaps the most crucial when it comes to understanding the demise of the..…
Ankara was launching airstrikes Iraq against PKK, foreshadowing of the attacks this week against Kurdish groups Syria that Turkey alleges are linked to PKK. . ..…
But the SDF has also been Washington’s key ally in fighting that has dismantled Islamic State’s jihadist “caliphate” in Syria. . Ankara’s stated aim is to carve out a “safe zone” inside Syria to resettle many of the 3.6 million Syrian war refugees it is hosting. ..…
TEHRAN - The Syrian Democratic Forces clashed with Turkish Army and Ankara-backed militants on Sunday, while Air Forces pounded the region as the military Northern Syria entered the fifth day.. On the ground, clashes between SDF and Ankara forces have erupted in two strategic..…
ISTANBUL ANKARA Turkey pounded Kurdish northeast Syria for day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing dozens, in cross-border assault on U.S allies that has turned Washington against Donald Trump.. ..…
TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is due to meet his Turkish and Russian counterparts on bilateral ties on the sidelines of trilateral meeting on Syria Ankara on Monday, his Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information Parviz Esmayeeli said... ..…
Turkey opposes a Syrian Kurdish detente, as well as any step that might legitimize the presence of the PYD in northeast Syria. Ankara considers the PYD to be a branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has fought a decades-long insurgency against Turkey. ..…
More Civilians Killed in US Airstrikes in Deir Ezzur, Large Number of People Detained in SDF Raids in Eastern Syria . . Ankara Pushes Turkey-Based Syrian Citizens to Join Terrorist Ranks in Idlib . . ..…
Turkish troops assemble near Aleppo, Syria. Ankara exploited the civil war to extend its power and influence and to gain a foothold in Syria's northern part — a longstanding goal dating back to the fall of the Ottoman Empire. . . . ... Within this framework, Ankara..…
By bringing Syrian Kurdish fighters into anti- Assad effort over which it held considerable sway, Ankara hoped to prevent the emergence of Kurdish-administered proto-state under the sway of PKK and ensure that Syria retained strong central government. . ... Ankara returned the..…
At their summit in Ankara the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran have resolved to quickly establish peace in Syria. ... What is Ankara's goal in Syria? . . . Turkish tanks near the border between Syria and Turkey. (© picture-alliance/dpa) . . . ..…
Turkey has been opposed to YPG's Syria.. Ankara views People's Protection Units which has been fighting for autonomous region inside Turkey since 1984.. ... Speaking to reporters while on visit to Montenegro on May 10, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that Washington..…
Ankara has been pressing the US to drop its military alliance with YPG. ... The deployment on Friday and Saturday followed Turkish airstrikes Kurdish positions Iraq and in northeastern Syria.. ..…
They reflect, too, Turkish leadership's frayed relations with West, particularly its anger at U.S for supporting YPG Syria and refusing to extradite Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Ankara blames for the putsch. ... s refusal to hand over Gülen, its perception that White House did not support..…
The incursion was the first Turkish military Syria which has denounced it for violating Arab country's territorial integrity. . While Ankara has tried to project its incursion many observers say it's aimed against Syrian Kurds and staking out Syria. . ..…
-led against Islamic State, and Ankara is also in the midst of battles against far-left Kurdish rebels Syria. ..…