“What happened recently for the Turkish leadership to decide to send its tanks and soldiers inside Syrian territory and support some of the rebel groups to regain Jarablus from ISIS?”
Turkish PM says all relevant parties, including the regime of Bashar Assad, were informed of Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield to prevent the establishment of a Kurdish corridor
Until recently, Damascus saw the Kurds as an ally able to help pressure a wide geographical area that needed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and at the same time would constitute a thorn in the Turkish throat, which was greedy to swallow Syrian geography and people at the same time.
Foreign ministry statement condemns Turkish army’s actions in northern city of Jarablus in fighting against Kurdish forces and the Islamic State group in the area
The clashes that have erupted in Hassakeh between the Kurdish PYD militia and the forces of Assad’s mafia regime may be one of the swift results of this common approach and a first indication of the new understandings between Turkey and Russia, which Iran may not be far from.
Turkish-backed rebels seize towns from Kurdish-led SDF as fighting intensifies between various groups in north Aleppo countryside
Following the recent Turkey-Iran-Russia strategic alliance, Assad sought to find a role to play in the Kurdish file, choosing to strike Hassakeh in order to be at the center of the Kurdish issue
Turkish tanks enter country’s north in order to protect Syria’s “territorial integrity” as US-led coalition vows to support major campaign from the air
Today, the governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria act based on a conviction they are reluctant to proclaim publicly, which is that the Kurds are more dangerous than ISIS
The new mechanism will be composed of intelligence services, foreign ministries and militaries of the two parties
Scores of Syrian factory workers lose their jobs following the failed coup attempt on July 15
It is expected that Russia will redouble its efforts politically and militarily until the end of this year to create a situation in Syria that allows them to achieve most of their aims from the intervention
Opposition parliamentarians reject controversial decision by Turkey’s president to begin handing citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees
Khaled Khoja accuses “negligent friends” of attempting to prop up the Assad regime following Turkish prime minister’s comments on social media
Ankara could issue citizenship to thousands of skilled and highly trained Syrian refugees to encourage them to stay, according to Turkish news sources
Washington has delivered a proposal to the Kremlin accepting joint military coordination in return for Russia pressuring Assad to end the bombing of moderates and restart political talks
What will change in the policies of Turkey, Israel and Russia to conform with the era of reconciliation and good relations which Ankara launched toward these two countries?
Will Turkish citizenship be granted to the Syrians who desire it, or will the action target investors, intellectuals, technocrats, talented youths, and not extend to refugees, laborers, and small wage earners?
Normalization of Turkey-Russia relations might reflect positively on the Syrian crisis, Russia’s ambassador says
Main political opposition removes statement denouncing the murder of unarmed civilians by Turkish border guards at Syrian border
