Egyptian security teams reportedly made contacts in Manbij to coordinate steps taken against Turkey Things are heating up in Syria’s Manbij, located in the northeast of the Aleppo governorate, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided [ More … ]
Turkish military shares pictures of Turkish and US soldiers during training Soldiers from Turkey and the U.S. continue joint training on combined patrols in Manbij, northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Sunday. The Turkish [ More … ]
Kurdish military commander says Washington and Ankara’s plans for flashpoint northern city are premature Turkey and the United States have agreed on a roadmap for Syria’s Manbij that would see the Kurdish YPG militia leave [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagul* The “terror corridor” that spans the Mediterranean and Iranian border, that completely closes off Turkey’s southern border, that aims to take control over its relations with the Arab-Muslim world, is the gravest [ More … ]
The Turkish military has successfully completed its ‘Euphrates Shield’ operation in northern Syria, according to the Turkish National Security Council and the Turkish prime minister. The Turkish National Security Council (NSC) held a meeting on [ More … ]
By: Dr. Said al-Haj* The Chief of Staff of the Turkish Army announced on February 24 – together with the Free [ More … ]
A new Pentagon plan as a part of Trump’s new strategy for the coming assault on Raqqa, the Islamic State capital in Syria, may witness new alliances and a significant U.S. military participation for the first time [ More … ]
Military sources from within the Kurdish militias said they will hand over some of the villages southern Manbij to Assad regime while Russian sources said that the regime will take over the administrative parts of [ More … ]
The first signs of an alliance between the Assad regime and Kurdish militias in northern Syria began to appear due to their mutual interests in creating new trade routes for the northern region, in addition to repelling [ More … ]
Turkey and Russia agreed on the prevention of clashes between Turkey-backed opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) and government forces, Turkish Foreign Minsiter Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “We have agreed with Russia on the prevention of clashes [ More … ]
Turkey will strike the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the military wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), if they do not withdraw from Manbij, a former bastion of the Islamic State of Iraq [ More … ]
The Turkish military seeks, after retrieving al-Bab from ISIS, to capture the town of Manbij which is held by Kurdish militias and captured villages around it, while US military moved to protect the city and made a [ More … ]
Assad regime forces completed their advancement against Islamic state in northern Syria, ceasing more villages and coming close to the Kurdish-held areas, bringing an essential question: Will the two forces clash or will they cooperate to stop [ More … ]
The Kurdish-dominated Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) completed its advancement and made new gains in the ISIS-held province of Deir Ezzor, aiming to widen its influence in the area and support its campaign to retrieve Raqqa. The [ More … ]
Kurdish militias said they are determined to protect Syria’s Manbij against Turkish military and Ankara-backed rebels if they try to retake the strategically important Syrian city. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, which is dominated [ More … ]
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