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.

US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack attends a press conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, in Damascus, Syria September 16, 2025.
Members of the Kurdish forces hold a portrait of Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler which reads "Shame on the killers of innocents in the Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood" during a protest in the Kurdish-controlled northeastern city of Qamishli on January 13, 2026.

How Turkey’s dangerous course in the Middle East fuels massacres - opinion

Armored personnel carriers stand outside a compound of the Syrian army's new 80th Division in northwest Syria, June 3, 2025.

Syrian army starts training in Turkey, while Ankara gains influence over Damascus gov't - analysis

Shanty houses painted in primary colours are pictured crowding the deep gullies and steep cliffs in Altindag, a suburb on the slopes outside central Ankara.

Turkish charity shop worker allegedly sexually abusing Syrian refugees - BBC


Rebel-held areas of Earthquake-hit Syria not receiving international aid

The Assad regime is using the situation to pressure for sanctions relief in exchange for allowing aid to arrive in areas of northwestern Syria.

 A person reacts while sitting on the rubble of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 9, 2023

Israeli and Turkish organizations join to bring 60 tons of supplies to earthquake victims

Over 20 Israeli and Turkish organizations will coordinate to deliver food, medicine, clothing, equipment and more to hundreds of thousands of victims.

 Volunteers help load humanitarian supplies to be distributed to victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

The disaster after the earthquake: How conditions in Turkey can cost more lives

A lack of water and sanitation, as well as the frigid temperatures, could continue to cost lives in the regions devastated by the earthquake.

 People sit around a fire near the site of a collapsed building, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 9, 2023.

Turkey leader acknowledges earthquake relief problems as death toll passes 12,000

Erdogan faces crescendo of criticism over response • ‘Lack of capabilities’ in war-hit Syria quake zone too

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 8, 2023.

Small miracles in Turkey as residents suffer brutal conditions

Civilians are reliant on rescue efforts to help bounce back from the devastation of the earthquake.

 Volunteers share an emotional moment as they take part in a rescue operation following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 8, 2023.

Syrian doctor says scale of injuries from earthquake is more devastating than from the war

500 people are entering the hospital daily, but the hospital is running out of medical supplies.

 A still image from video, released by Russia's Defence Ministry, shows people including Russian military personnel involved in a search and rescue operation after a devastating earthquake in the region of Latakia, Syria, in this image taken from handout footage released February 7, 2023.

WHO sending medics and supplies to Turkey and Syria earthquake zone

Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019

Groups racing against time to provide aid to Syria after earthquake - analysis

As planes arrive in Damascus, locals and aid organizations are worried about the slow pace of aid and equipment reaching northwest Syria.

 A man reacts in the aftermath of an earthquake, in rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria February 7, 2023.

Syria earthquake: Hundreds of families still under rubble - rebel rescuers

At least 1,444 people were killed in Syria and about 3,500 injured following the earthquake that also killed nearly 3,000 in Turkey.

 People gather on the rubble as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023.

Russian rescuers to fly to Syria and Turkey after huge earthquake

Putin spoke by phone with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences over the death and destruction brought by the earthquake.

 People search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey February 6, 2023.