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Ankara offers Damascus to meet in Moscow

Ankara offers Damascus to meet in Moscow

Today, in the air of NTV, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara officially offers the Syrian authorities to hold a meeting of foreign ministers next month. "We propose to meet in the second half of January. The …

Lavrov, Cavusoglu hold telephone conversation on Syria

Lavrov, Cavusoglu hold telephone conversation on Syria

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov phoned his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the framework of the settlement process in Syria, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. "The …

Bashar Assad wishes Russia continued progress and prosperity

Bashar Assad wishes Russia continued progress and prosperity

Syrian President Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin of Russia have exchanged New Year greetings, the SANA news agency reported on Friday. According to SANA, in his message to Putin, the Syrian leader noted that "Russia’s …

Turkish and Syrian top brass to continue communication soon

Turkish and Syrian top brass to continue communication soon

Turkish and Syrian defense officials will hold more meetings in the next few days, Turkey’s defense chief Hulusi Akar said following yesterday’s Moscow talks with his Syrian counterpart Ali Mahmoud Abbas. "We expect …

Syria wants to see more tourists from Russia

Syria wants to see more tourists from Russia

The Syrian leadership would like to see more tourists from Russia in the country, SAR Minister of Culture Lubanah Mshaweh said on the sidelines of the international forum on the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection of the …

Assad refuses to meet with Erdoğan before summer

Assad refuses to meet with Erdoğan before summer

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad does not want to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before the Turkish presidential elections in summer 2023. Reuters writes about this, citing a source. According to him, Damascus fears …

UN Special Envoy to come to Syria

UN Special Envoy to come to Syria

Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Geir Pedersen will arrive in Damascus next week. He himself announced this at today's meeting of the UN Security Council. "I look forward to further …

Erdogan: Turkey’s relations with Syria may improve

Erdogan: Turkey’s relations with Syria may improve

Just as relations between Türkiye and Egypt take shape, ties with Syria can follow the same path in the next period, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “There is no room for hard feelings in politics,” Erdogan …

Erdogan hints he could meet Assad

Erdogan hints he could meet Assad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a meeting with Syrian leader Bashar Assad could take place under the right circumstances. Asked by reporters in Ankara whether he and Assad could meet, Erdogan said, "We …

Russia, Turkey and Iran compare notes on Syria

Russia, Turkey and Iran compare notes on Syria

The Astana format guarantor countries (Russia, Iran, and Turkey) condemned the growing activity of terrorist groups in Syria and expressed their determination to continue cooperation to counter terrorism, according to the joint statement issued …