Turkey is “cautiously optimistic” about an agreement between the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s new government, a Turkish official said on Tuesday, adding Ankara wanted to first see how it would be implemented. The SDF, which controls much of Syria’s northeast and which Ankara views as a terrorist organization because of links to…
Saudi Arabia has welcomed the agreement to integrate all civilian and military institutions in northeastern Syria into Syrian state structures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The deal, signed by interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, includes a complete…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday that Turkey had the power and ability to “crush” all terrorists in Syria, including ISIS and Kurdish militants, while urging all countries to “take their hands off” Syria. Since last month’s fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has said repeatedly it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to…
Syria will take its time to organize a landmark national dialogue conference to ensure that the preparations include all segments of Syrian society, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Tuesday, according to state media. The conference is meant to bring together Syrians from across society to chart a new path for the nation after opposition forces…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said there was no place for “terrorist organizations” in Syria under its new leaders, in a warning regarding Kurdish forces there. The fall of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad last month raised the prospect of Turkey intervening in the country against Kurdish forces accused by Ankara of links to armed separatists….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy “terrorist” groups that posed a threat to Syria’s survival, namely ISIS and Kurdish fighters. “Daesh, the PKK and their affiliates – which threaten the survival of Syria – must be eradicated,” he told journalists while returning from a Cairo summit, using an Arabic…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was confident in the diplomatic efforts of the new Trump administration to help end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Erdogan spoke while returning from a summit in Budapest a day after Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US election. “If we see a US…
