Turkey’s Buffer Zone Faces Opposition
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.
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.
Turkey has threatened to attack Kurdish groups in northern Syria reports SANA.
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.
Recent clashes have seen Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham secure new areas, which is threatening the ceasefire agreement reports Zaman Al Wasl.
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.
The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management said that of the four million Syrian refugees living in Turkey, 1.5 million of them are children reports Anadolu Agency.
Donald Trump’s haphazard foreign policy decisions show a lack of knowledge of regional dynamics and bring no benefit to the United States, writes Emile Nakhleh.
As the US prepares to leave Syria, Iran denies that they have been any help in the fight against the Islamic State writes Anadolu Agency.
Chemical weapon warnings, mounting US-coalition casualties, Kurdish-regime deals and gains by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. Catch up on everything that happened over the weekend.
Saudi and Emirati forces have reportedly arrived in the area around Manbij, although they have not yet been deployed writes Hurriya Press.
Efforts are being made to create an opposition political body inside Syria, but conflicting interests and not helping the process reports Al-Modon.
The protesters decried the Turkish threats to launch an attack in Syrian territory, and called for an end to the presence of any illegitimate foreign presence reports SANA.
The list released by the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Commission in Syria affects individuals and organisations from 30 different countries reports Al-Akhbar.
As well as the thousands of people, over 100,000 trucks containing aid and commercial materials have also crossed from Turkey to Syria reports Anadolu Agency.
The mountain top is an important strategical point for the region, although some are disputing claims that Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham is in control writes Enab Baladi Online.
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