Siamese twins of Syria
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* The PYD is as dangerous as DAESH. They are like Siamese twins in Syria Supported by Turkey, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues its advance after cleansing Jarablus of DAESH presence. However, [ More … ]
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* The PYD is as dangerous as DAESH. They are like Siamese twins in Syria Supported by Turkey, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) continues its advance after cleansing Jarablus of DAESH presence. However, [ More … ]
The UN has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to people closely associated with the Bashar al-Assad as part of an aid programme that critics fear is increasingly at the whim of the [ More … ]
Everyone wonders how long Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, launched Aug. 24, will continue. What are the strategic goals of this operation? Can it expand to the al Rai-Azaz line in the west and, even more [ More … ]
At least seven civilians were killed and 70 others injured after airstrikes targeted different areas in Idlib countryside, activists said. Tuesday’s attack, blamed on Assad regime and Russian warplanes, struck a vegetable market in the [ More … ]
A ceasefire is holding between Turkey and Kurdish militias in northern Syria, a Kurdish military official said on Tuesday, but a Syrian rebel commander characterized it only as a “pause” and added that military operations [ More … ]
Turkey’s military push against Kurdish militias in northern Syria risks escalating the conflict, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, calling on all parties to stop fighting and return to peace talks. Syrian rebels backed [ More … ]
Syrian rebels have captured a strategic town in northern Hama province in a major offensive that threatens Assad regime’s loyalist towns north of the provincial capital, rebels and a monitor said on Tuesday. The town [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused the Kurdish militias of engaging in ethnic cleansing in northern Syria. Cavusoglu told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday that fighters of the Kurdish People’s [ More … ]
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels say they are now advancing towards Manbij in northern Syria, a city captured earlier this month by Kurdish militias, as the US describes the weekend clashes between the two sides as “unacceptable”. [ More … ]
There is now, at last, conclusive evidence that Bashar al-Assad and the Islamic State (ISIS) have used chemical weapons in Syria, This happened nearly 2.5 years after I collected evidence that proved that Assad had [ More … ]
Darayya is – or used to be – a sizeable town in the Damascus countryside. A working and middle-class suburb of the capital, it was also an agricultural centre, famed in particular for its delicious [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that Turkey will show the same determination in fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) and Syrian Kurdish militias, on the fifth day of a cross-border operation that has already [ More … ]
By: NAGEHAN ALÇI* Great efforts are being made to destabilize Turkey. In one sense, these are endeavors made by various terrorist organizations and international powers supporting them to turn Turkey into the new Syria. DAESH, [ More … ]
Turkey and France said they want the international organizations to push for the Assad regime to be held accountable for the repeated use of chemical weapons against its own people. A joint investigation by the [ More … ]
By: Merve Şebnem Oruç* The world is a chess board. When opening the game, the entire board should be kept in view. The start is neutral for both the winner and loser. The conclusion is [ More … ]
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