Turkish-US Syria talks set to resume amid heightened tensions
Turkish and US officials were expected to resume talks on Syria in Washington tomorrow in an effort to ease tensions over Syria amid repeated warnings from…
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Islamic State Regroups in Syria
Since Turkey, a NATO member, launched its Afrin offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)—a main U.S. ally in the fight against IS—U.S. officials…
Turkey says civilians can leave Syrian city of Afrin via corridor as he turns up heat on offensive
Turkey’s president has said civilians will be led out of the Syrian enclave of Afrin through a “special corridor”, as he turned up the heat…
U.N. Panel Links Russia to Potential War Crime in Syria
United Nations investigators have linked Russian forces to a possible war crime in Syria for the first time, reporting on Tuesday that a Russian plane…
Defeating ISIS in Syria Is Just the Beginning
As the world watches the Syrian government’s relentless bombing of Ghouta, 300 miles to the east, the United States remains focused on eradicating the last…
Pentagon budget retains same troop levels in Iraq, Syria
The Pentagon released a budget blueprint today that calls for retaining some 6,000 US troops in Iraq and Syria, even as the Islamic State (IS)…
Syrian forces make gains as Turkey continues spat with Nato ally France
Syrian government forces have pushed into an opposition stronghold, as Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters battle Kurdish militants in a nearby area. Syrian troops…
Russia ‘moving’ military observers in Syria’s Afrin
Russia has started moving military observers away from an area in northwestern Syria where Turkey is planning an offensive against Kurdish fighters, a Turkish official told Al Jazeera….
Cavusoglu: US-Turkey ties may get ‘irreversibly harmed’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said relations between Turkey and the US would be “irreversibly harmed” if Washington moves to form a 30,000-strong army in…
American entry in the Syrian crisis
A Syrian army made up of 30,000 fighters is being built east of Euphrates, bordering Turkey and northern Iraq. Half of this army will consist…