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Turkey has reiterated threats to extend its incursion in Syria to the town of Manbij, taking its forces to the edge of the US-backed Kurdish presence in the country’s north-east and raising the specter of a military standoff with Washington. Read more
No blitzkrieg for the Turkish army in Afrin. This is the conclusion of the first week since the launch of the “Olive Branche” operation to crash the Kurdish-majority SDF forces in the border area in northwestern Syria. The SDF- composed Read more
The Syrian conflict braces for a new turn as Turkey prepares a military assault on the US-backed Kurdish forces in the region of Afrin in northern Syria. Turkey dispatched its military chief to Moscow on Thursday, seeking approval for an Read more
Turkish Security forces have nabbed Friday several fighters of the Islamic State group (IS), including the group’s minister of agriculture. Ten members of the jihadist group have been rounded up in central Kayseri province by local counterterrorism agents. One of Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Syria’s president Bashar Assad “a terrorist” stressing that it is impossible to reach a peace deal with him. “Al-Assad is definitely a terrorist who has carried out state terrorism,” Erdogan said at a televised news Read more
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel Thursday indicated that the behavior of the current Turkish leadership is the major roadblock in the way of the country’s membership to the European Union. “It is clear that in this state, Turkey will never Read more
The Syrian government could not hide its disappointment for the failure to establish four de-escalation zones during the Astana talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran. The head of Syria’s negotiation team, Bashar Ja’afari, held Ankara responsible as he stated that Read more
Ankara has outlined that it will uphold its policies in the fight against terrorism despite the criticisms. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin accused some countries of double standards as he lamented that the “massacres” being carried out by armed Kurdish groups Read more
German newspaper Der Spiegel Saturday beeped horns in a report warning that a second coup and a series of crises could take place in Turkey pointing out that elements that led to the July 2016 failed coup are still in Read more
In build-up to a visit to Ankara, German Foreign Minister Sunday told a local media that Berlin is willing to defuse tension with Turkey and also promises to curb activities of the PKK in Germany. Sigmar Gabriel told the German Read more