Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria will target ISIS in al-Bab city and its stronghold in Raqqa, also the town of Manbij held by Kurdish militias, despite a warning from forces allied to Syrian President Bashar [ More … ]
Syrian rebels, backed by the Turkish army, began an attack on Islamic State’s stronghold of Dabiq in northwestern Syria on Saturday, a rebel commander said. ISIS Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said the rebels were advancing [ More … ]
Muslims have celebrated one of the two most important holidays of the Islamic calendar, Eid Al-Adha (Corban Feast). In commemoration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son on God’s command, Muslims slaughter animals such as [ More … ]
Syrian people returning to the liberated city of Jarablus are happy to observe their first terror-free Eid al-Adha in two and a half years. Jarablus was cleared of ISIS on August 24, as part of [ More … ]
Now that control of the Turkey-Syria border has been wrested from the Islamic State (ISIS) between al-Rai and Jarablus, what will Ankara’s next target be: ISIS in al-Bab or the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) [ More … ]
At least five people were killed and 12 wounded in an attack in the Syrian border town of Jarablus, Turkish security and hospital sources said on Thursday, only a day after civilians started returning to [ More … ]
A group of 292 Syrians went back to the Syrian town of Jarablus from Turkey on Wednesday, in the first wave of formal civilian resettlement since the launch of an Ankara-backed incursion into northern Syria two [ More … ]
Turkish army has sent more tanks into northern Syria to the west of a border town seized from the Islamic State (ISIS) group last week, opening a new front in a cross-border intervention aimed at sweeping its [ More … ]
End to war now seems further away than ever as the Kurds, US and Turkey each have goals that are rarely compatible. In the Pentagon’s fight against Islamic State, the Kurds had always been a [ More … ]
Barely a month after the traumatic July 15 failed coup attempt, Turkey launched a military operation in Syria last week. Supported and armed by Turkey, Free Syrian Army units swiftly took control of border town [ More … ]
By: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* It was not a coincidence that Turkey initiated a ground operation on a strategically important region in northern Syria several hours before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s Ankara visit. In fact, this attack, [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Turkish aid trucks began arriving in the northern Syrian city of Jarabulus on Friday following its capture from ISIS, a security official said. The Turkish Red Crescent started distributing food after landmines and other explosives [ More … ]
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