UN invites US and allies for Syria talks next month
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited the United States and six other countries for talks in Geneva next month, a UN spokeswoman said…
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Turkey Stops Registering Syrian Asylum Seekers
Turkish authorities in Istanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful of recently arrived Syrian asylum seekers. The…
Turkey’s president just won reelection — and a dangerous set of new powers
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey was reelected on Sunday — a move which granted the leader more sweeping powers than ever before. “It seems the nation…
Turkey’s Difficult Dance with Russia in Syria
Weaknesses and inconsistencies in Turkish strategy leave it exposed to Russian objectives in the Syrian civil conflict. In November 2015, a Turkish F16 fighter jet…
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 6 In Syria After Israel Says It Intercepted Iranian Drone
Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed at least six members of the Syrian military or allied militia members Saturday, a monitor group said Sunday, after Israel…
U.S.-led forces kill an estimated 100 Syrian regime troops
In a major clash the U.S.-led military coalition in Syria has killed more than 100 troops allied with the regime of Bashar Assad — after…
Risk of Conflict in Northern Syria Between U.S., Turkey Rising
Turkey says it’s talking to the Americans. The U.S. says it’s talking to the Turks. Politicians and generals in the two countries are in almost constant communication,…
Trump to allow 6,900 Syrians to remain in US temporarily
The Trump administration will let 6,900 Syrians who had been allowed to live and work in the US because of dangerous conditions in their home country remain…
Turkish military convoy attacked in Syria’s Aleppo
DAMASCUS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Pro-Syrian government forces have targeted the path of a Turkish military convoy in the southern countryside of Aleppo province in…
Netanyahu Tells Putin: Iranian Missile Factories in Lebanon Are Already in Progress
Israeli officials stepped up the rhetoric on Iran on Monday, especially with regards to missile factories Jerusalem says Tehran is setting up in Lebanon. A…