Turkey and Syria

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Ankara confirms it captured sister of ISIS leader

Ankara confirms it captured sister of ISIS leader

Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of  ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (the terrorist group banned in Russia), who was killed in a U.S. raid, a senior Turkish official said. "Turkey has captured Abu …

Erdogan visits Turkey-Syria border area

Erdogan visits Turkey-Syria border area

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the joint operation center of the Turkish Land Forces Command in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa near the Syrian border yesterday. During the visit he was …

Explosion on market kills 10 in Syria

Explosion on market kills 10 in Syria

At least 10 civilians were killed, 20 others were injured in a People's Protection Units (YPG) terror attack on a market in Syria's Tal Abyad, Daily Sabah reports. A bomb-laden vehicle exploded near the marketplace located in …

Russia and Turkey begin joint patrols in Syria

Russia and Turkey begin joint patrols in Syria

Turkish and Russian troops have begun joint patrols in northern Syria, Turkey's Ministry of National Defence said. About 300 Russian soldiers and 20 armoured vehicles arrived in northern Syria today where the Russian police …

Cavusoglu discusses U.S. bills and Syria with Pompeo

Cavusoglu discusses U.S. bills and Syria with Pompeo

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke over the telephone with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo yesterday, an official statement said. The sides discussed the recent bills in U.S. House of …

Russian and Turkish military discuss joint plans in Syria

Russian and Turkish military discuss joint plans in Syria

Russian and Turkish military officials met in Ankara yesterday to discuss joint plans in Syria under agreements reached during earlier talks between the leaders of the two states, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said in a statement. …

Russian military delegation to visit Turkey

Russian military delegation to visit Turkey

A Russian military delegation will come to Turkey to discuss the situation in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. According to him, Kurdish YPG forces in Syria have not fully withdrawn from the …

Turkish defence minister says Sochi deal continues as planned

Turkish defence minister says Sochi deal continues as planned

Russia will complete the removal of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces from northern Syria as of Oct. 29 in accordance with the timeline agreed by Turkey and Russia on Tuesday, Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar told …

Russia's military police convoy arrives in Syria’s Kobani

Russia's military police convoy arrives in Syria’s Kobani

 A Russian military police convoy has arrived in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab), a city in northern Syria located close to the Syrian-Turkish border, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "The Russian military police convoy has …

Stoltenberg comments on Russia-Turkey agreements on Syria

Stoltenberg comments on Russia-Turkey agreements on Syria

NATO defense ministers will discuss the situation in northern Syria during talks in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, noting that  it's a bit too early to judge the …

Andrei Baklanov: Putin and Erdogan hold radical talks

Andrei Baklanov: Putin and Erdogan hold radical talks

The six-hour talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Syrian settlement that took place in Sochi yesterday were radical in nature in comparison with other …

Iran ready to help Turkey-Syria dialogue

Iran ready to help Turkey-Syria dialogue

Tehran is ready to help for talks between Syria and Turkey to reach an understanding, Iranian ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said. "Iran has always backed political means to resolve disputes...and Tehran is happy …

Turkey has not plans to start new operation in Syria

Turkey has not plans to start new operation in Syria

There is no further need at this stage for Turkey to conduct a new operation in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a written statement. The statement underlined that at the end of a 120-hour pause, the U.S. …