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The US is beefing up joint intelligence efforts with Turkey to help that government better target terrorists in the region, in an apparent bid to alleviate Turkish anxieties as the Pentagon implements a plan to arm Kurdish forces operating inside …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the US decision to arm Syria’s Kurdish fighters with President Donald Trump at their meeting in May, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut …
Turkey hopes the United States will end its policy of supporting the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said in an interview with Turkish broadcaster A Haber "We …
The US will arm Syria’s Kurdish fighters “as necessary” to recapture the key ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, despite intense opposition from Turkey. The decision is meant to accelerate the Raqqa operation but undermines the …
Syrian Kurdish fighters are newly armed with sophisticated American combat equipment as they close in on the ISIS's stronghold in Raqqa, weaponry the Pentagon says it is barred from providing to those forces, Military Times …
Syrian Kurdish forces called for a no-fly zone across the country's north in response to deadly Turkish air strikes the previous day, the media reported. "Only (by) declaring north Syria as a no-fly zone can YPG defend the …
Turkish Air Forces could not have struck the positions of Kurdish militias in northern Syria and Iraq without receiving approval from the US-led coalition in the first place, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih …
Turkey will not join a campaign to liberate Raqqa from ISIL if it involves the PKK's Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said. "Turkey will also …
Representatives of Syria’s Kurdish National Council have been invited to the intra-Syrian talks slated for January 23 in Astana, Kazakhstan, a source said. "Hakim Bashar, Ibrahim Baru and legal advisor Darvish Mirkan, …
The world media on key geopolitical events over Russia, the Middle East, and the USA
The world media on the key geopolitical events over Russia, the USA, Iran, and Turkey
According to the deputy director of the Institute of Forecasting and Resolution of Political Conflicts, Alexander Kuznetsov, the creation of a new political system in Syria needs careful consideration. …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, speaking at ceremony to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli in the coastal town of Canakkale, that Europe can also become a victim of Kurdish rebels. …
The UN special envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, in an interview to Al-Jazeera TV channel, called for the unlimited character of the ceasefire regime, established on the territory of Syria. "I know that the …
Kurds do have the right and they should be among the participants of inter-Syrian negotiations, which is to take place in Geneva,the Russian president's special representative for the Middle East and African …
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the ceasefire in Syria is not obligatory for Ankara to follow if there is a threat against its security. He noted that the truce applies only to those who are on the …
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has sharply reacted to the words of Washington, which urged Ankara to stop bombing Kurdish positions in northern Syria. "We were shocked by the comments of US State Department spokesman John …
The Turkish authorities will do what is necessary to prevent US-allied Syrian Kurdish rebels from declaring an autonomous region near the Turkish border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "Turkey doesn't need …
