Turkey and Syria

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Trump gives Turkey green light to invade northern Syria

Trump gives Turkey green light to invade northern Syria

It seemed almost inevitable that America would forsake the Kurds in Syria. On the evening of October 6th U.S. President Donald Trump announced that American troops would withdraw from the area around Syria’s border with …

Iran criticizes Turkish military operation in Syria

Iran criticizes Turkish military operation in Syria

Tehran opposes any Turkish military operation in Syria, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its website. The ministry has been following "worrying news of the possibility of the Turkish military forces …

UN calls for protecting civilians in Syria

UN calls for protecting civilians in Syria

Civilians must be spared in any Turkish military operation in northeast Syria, where the United Nations hopes that mass displacement can be prevented. "Any (military) operation that takes place at the moment has to take into …

Cavusoglu: Turkey supports Syria's territorial integrity

Cavusoglu: Turkey supports Syria's territorial integrity

Ankara has always supported Syria's territorial integrity, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, shortly after the U.S. announced that it will withdraw troops from northern Syria. "Have supported …

U.S. refuses from military operation in Syria

U.S. refuses from military operation in Syria

Washington will not be involved in Turkey's military operation in the northern Syria, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. Her statement comes in the wake of a telephone call between U.S. President …

YPG/PKK terrorists deployed in northern Syria

YPG/PKK terrorists deployed in northern Syria

The U.S.-backed terrorist YPG/PKK forces in northern Syria deployed its members in Tal Abyad and Ras-al Ayn ahead of a potential military operation by Turkey and Free Syrian Army (FSA), Anadolu agency reports. The YPG -- Syrian offshoot …

Turkey Boosts Syria Border Troops as Erdogan Flags Incursion

Turkey Boosts Syria Border Troops as Erdogan Flags Incursion

Turkey reinforced army units at the Syrian border hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled an imminent cross-border operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish militants in Syria, Bloomberg reports. Turkey sent additional armored …

Turkey and U.S. conduct 3rd joint patrol for Syria safe zone

Turkey and U.S. conduct 3rd joint patrol for Syria safe zone

U.S. and Turkish troops conducted their third joint ground patrol today within a planned safe zone in northern Syria, along the Syrian-Turkish border, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said. "Third land patrol within the …

Ankara: safe zone in Syria should be established fast

Ankara: safe zone in Syria should be established fast

Safe zone in northern Syria should be established fast and finalized, we do not have time to waste, Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar said. "We are closely following developments in the east of the …

Turkey shoots down unidentified UAV near Syria

Turkey shoots down unidentified UAV near Syria

Turkish F-16s shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the Syrian border yesterday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said. According to the ministry. the UAV of undetermined nationality violated Turkish airspace a total of …

Turkey and U.S. hold 2nd safe zone patrols in Syria

Turkey and U.S. hold 2nd safe zone patrols in Syria

U.S. and Turkish troops conducted their second joint ground patrol today within a planned safe zone in northern Syria, along the Syrian-Turkish border, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry. A convoy of four armored Turkish …

Turkish fighters make flight over Syria

Turkish fighters make flight over Syria

Two Turkish F-16 fighters have made a flight over Syrian airspace as part of a multinational campaign to fight and eradicate the ISIL in the war-torn country, amid Turkish-American talks for setting up a safe zone in the eastern Euphrates. …

Turkey, U.S. conduct joint patrols in northeastern Syria

Turkey, U.S. conduct joint patrols in northeastern Syria

Turkey and the United States on Sunday have begun joint patrols in a planned safe zone in northern Syria under a roadmap that was agreed last month, Ahval reported citing pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya agency. "The joint patrol, which is …

Erdogan: Idlib slowly disappearing

Erdogan: Idlib slowly disappearing

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that a so-called de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib region is slowly disappearing because of military attacks by government forces. Erdogan also said he would make …