Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group
Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days ...
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...
Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
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Turkey, Israel clash over Syria's future
while Ankara accuses Israel of seeking to undermine Syria's new rulers. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.
Turkey backs Sharaa’s stability efforts, Erdogan says amid Syrian violence
Interim Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa has vowed to catch those responsible for the killings. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A half-century insurgency in the Middle East may be ending. Here’s why
The jailed leader of the PKK called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, ...
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Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation
Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts ... Associated Press writers Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut and Andrew Wilks in Istanbul contributed to this report.
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INTERVIEW - 1,784 Palestinian detainees disappeared in Assad’s prisons: Palestinian ambassador to Syria
Samir al-Rifai reveals documented cases of missing Palestinian prisoners in Syrian regime prisons and details challenges ...
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No passage for murderers
Alevi organizations reacted to the ongoing executions and torture carried out by HTŞ forces, which have taken control of the ...
Turkey seeks dissolution of PKK-linked groups in Syria and Iraq, following leader’s peace plea
A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve ...
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Syria’s neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions, reconciliation
Syria’s new Islamist authorities under interim ... Associated Press writers Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut and Andrew Wilks in Istanbul contributed to this report.