The Adana Agreement, Kurds talk with the regime, Israeli airstrikes and a northern security zone. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cited an agreement signed in 1998 between Turkey and Syria as a backbone for operations against the Kurds in Syria reports Alsouria Net.
Turkey is determined to establish a safe zone in northern Syria, but it has not ruled out cooperation with other countries reports Al-Modon.
A Kurdish road map, a car bombing in Idleb, civilians killed by International Coalition and the return of refugees from Lebanon. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
It is hoped that tripartite meetings between the concerned parties will be able to achieve an understanding for the proposed Turkish buffer zone in northern Syria reports Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.
Details about how the proposed safe zone would be established and run have not been proffered by either Turkey or the United States writes Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian Democratic Council has rejected the idea of a safe zone in northern Syria, claiming that a Turkish incursion would be an occupation writes Etihad Press.
Following the announced withdrawal of US forces from Syria, Presidents Trump and Erdogan spoke to discuss the establishment of a safe zone and the protection of the Kurdish people reports Anadolu Agency.
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is visiting the Middle East to try an secure support for America’s policies and its post Syria strategy writes Al-Watan.
As the conflict in Syria looks to be heading into the final act, regional powers are seeking to understand what the Syria of the future holds for them and how they can use Assad writes Al-Modon.
For the first time, the Syrian government has confirmed that it is in talks with Kurdish factions to discuss the potential Turkish attack writes Al-Watan.
Following the announced withdrawal of US forces from Syria, other parties are scrambling to come up a strategy writes Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
For both pro-regime and pro-opposition commentators, the announced withdrawal by the US is a chance and lost opportunity writes Syrian Snack (independent website)
During the meeting, the SDF and the regime discussed the former handing over control of the oilfields to the regime in exchange for protection reports Smart News.
The formation of the Consitutional Committee has long been a sticking point between the US and Russia writes Asharq al-Awsat.
The US has reportedly warned the Syrian Coalition not to get involved with any Turkish operation that could lead to a confrontation between the two sides writes Ana Press.
Operations are expected to start in the town of Tel Abyad and would move to include 150 towns and villages across northern Syria writes Alsouria Net.
While Turkey prepares for a possible assault on the eastern banks of the Euphrates, Russia and the regime are becoming impatient about the status of Idleb writes Al-Modon.
The US plan to train 40,000 locals in northeastern Syria, has caused concern and anger within Turkey reports Anadolu Agency.
Amjad al-Maleh was arrested in December 2017 and is expected to be executed in the next two weeks reports Zaman Al Wasl.
