Turkey and Syria

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Türkiye condemns attacks on civilian camps in Syria

Türkiye condemns attacks on civilian camps in Syria

Türkiye has "strongly" condemned the Syrian regime's deadly attacks on camps in Syria's northwestern Idlib province near the Turkish border which house internally displaced people. “We strongly condemn …

Turkey captures nine ISIS terrorists in northern Syria

Turkey captures nine ISIS terrorists in northern Syria

Nine ISIS (terrorist group banned in Russia) terrorists, including four ringleaders, were captured in al-Bab, northern Syria, an area near Türkiye’s southern border, the Turkish Interior Ministry said. Intelligence work …

Russia ready to host Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers

Russia ready to host Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers

Russia is always ready to provide a platform for a meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail …

Cavusoglu rules out Erdogan-Assad meeting at SCO summit

Cavusoglu rules out Erdogan-Assad meeting at SCO summit

There will be no meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria's Bashar al-Assad at an upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in September, Türkiye's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said …

Turkish forces 'neutralize' 9 terrorists in northern Syria

Turkish forces 'neutralize' 9 terrorists in northern Syria

Turkish forces “neutralized” nine YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The terrorists were planning an attack on Türkiye's Operation Peace …

Turkey neutralizes PKK ringleader in Syria

Turkey neutralizes PKK ringleader in Syria

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized Muhsin Yağan, a senior PKK/YPG terrorist who was the local leader of northern Syria’s Qamishli province, Demirören News Agency has reported. The MİT …

Turkish media: Putin invites Erdogan to talk to Assad

Turkish media: Putin invites Erdogan to talk to Assad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are likely to hold a telephone conversation soon, Türkiye reported citing sources. According to Turkish sources, the proposal was made by Russian …

Erdogan: Turkey to soon get rid of terrorists in Syria

Erdogan: Turkey to soon get rid of terrorists in Syria

Turkey will soon eliminate terrorists in last areas of neighboring Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. According to the president, Turkey did not abandon its plan to establish a 30-kilometer (19 miles) security line on …

Putin, Erdogan and Raisi adopt joint statement on Syria

Putin, Erdogan and Raisi adopt joint statement on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed their adherence to Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and stressed the lack of alternatives to the …

Erdoğan to attend Syrian summit in Tehran

Erdoğan to attend Syrian summit in Tehran

On Monday evening, July 18, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will go to Tehran to take part in the 7th summit of the leaders of the guarantor countries of the Astana process on Syria. Erdoğan will arrive in Tehran as the …

Ankara not to postpone the operation in northern Syria

Ankara not to postpone the operation in northern Syria

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that his country is ready for a new military operation in Syria. "Our president said that the operation would be launched unexpectedly one night. Indeed, this is a tactical and strategic …

Türkiye neutralized 18 PKK terrorists in Iraq, Syria

Türkiye neutralized 18 PKK terrorists in Iraq, Syria

Turkish security forces “neutralized” a total of 18 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria, near the Turkish border, the National Defense Ministry said Friday.  The terrorists were targeted in the zones of Operation …