Syria and Turkey
How US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack plays key role in creating a new Syria, Levant region - analysis
Barack plays a key role as US ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy to Syria, and one of the key figures in American policy in the Levant, while also keeping constant dialogues with Gulf state actors.
How Turkey’s dangerous course in the Middle East fuels massacres - opinion
Syrian army starts training in Turkey, while Ankara gains influence over Damascus gov't - analysis
Turkish charity shop worker allegedly sexually abusing Syrian refugees - BBC
Turkey-backed militias target Kurds amid Syrian regime’s collapse – analysis
Renewed violence displaces Kurds as HTS and Turkey-backed militias advance.
Turkey-Syria ties in spotlight as Assad meets Putin
Assad had recently said that he saw Russia’s growing role in the world has helpful to maintain a multi-polar world order.
Strengthening the front against Israel: Syria flirts with new Turkey ties - analysis
The Syrian regime wants Ankara to return to the status quo of 2011, before the Syrian revolution and civil war.
Turkey closes border with Syria in response to widespread violence
Anti-Syrian violence has since spread across Turkey, with incidents taking place in the provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Konya, and Bursa, as well as in an Istanbul district.
Iran's President Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks
Iran’s official line is that the visit by Raisi is about economic and commercial issues and the Palestinian issue is only a close second in the discussions.
Turkey steps up strikes on militants as conflict escalates in Syria
Ankara said on Thursday a ground operation into Syria was one option it could consider. Turkey has mounted several previous incursions into northern Syria against the YPG.
Turkey’s airstrikes go beyond ‘anti-terror’ campaign - analysis
Ankara increasingly focuses also on strikes near Sulimaniyeh, a city that is aligned with the Kurdish political party PUK
How an anti-ISIS operation in Syria got bogged down in tribal politics - analysis
It is important to look back at how various forces involved in the Syrian turmoil go to this point in order to understand this complex conflict.
Turkish-backed extremist groups in Syria sanctioned by US - analysis
These groups were often part of the plethora of Syrian rebel groups that operated in northern Syria since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.
Istanbul to oust unregistered Syrians by September
Unregistered Syrians have been ordered to leave Istanbul, a move seen as politically motivated in light of Turkey's recent elections and growing discontent with the refugee population.
