The Gangs of Northern Syria: Life Under Turkey’s Proxies
Source:Newlines Institute Date:08Dec2022
The SNA’s criminality and predation have undermined secondary Turkish goals, including the goal of turning the areas under SNA control into a safe zone from which Syrians will not attempt to
Turkey threatens new Syria incursion amid NATO debate
Source:al Monitor Date:25May2022
What’s next: Erdogan said further operational decisions will be made Thursday at a meeting of top Turkish military officials. “As soon as the Turkish armed forces complete its intelligence and
Turkey Plans Return of a Million Syrians as Refugee Critics Grow
Source:Bloomberg Date:04May2022
The promise to return almost a quarter of Turkey’s roughly 3.7 million registered Syrian refugees comes as opposition parties attack the government’s immigration policy ahead of presidential and
Turkey Sends More Troops to Syria Ahead of Key Putin Meeting
Source:Bloomberg Date:22Sep2021
Turkey has sent more troops to northwestern Syria as it prepares for a critical meeting with the leaders of Russia and Iran next week, signaling its determination to carry on blocking an assault
Massive displacement wave amid fears of renewed battles in Idlib
Source:al Monitor Date:17Sep2021
Despite the opposition’s growing fears of an imminent attack by the government forces on Idlib, no unusual military movements on the part of the Syrian government were observed on the fighting
Turkey: Bomb blast in Syria’s north kills many civilians
Source:TRT World Date:26Jul2020
At least five killed and 12 others wounded in IED blast carried by PKK/YPG terrorists in Ras al Ayn town near Turkey’s border, Turkish Defence Ministry says.
Analysts see makings of another Russia-Turkey flare-up in Syria
Date:18Jul2020
Alexey Khlebnikov, a Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst at the Russian International Affairs Council, said attacks on patrols in Idlib could give Russia a “legitimate reason”
Two Turkish soldiers killed as Syrian rebels regain key town
Source:al Jazeera Date:27Feb2020
A much neeeded victory of sorts for the Turkish side, though Kremlin denied the news. Two Turkish soldiers have been killed and two others wounded in an air strike in Syria’s
Turkey may close the Bosphorus to Russia warships
Source:Middle East Monitor Date:25Feb2020
Turkey may soon be closing the Bosphorus Straits to Russian warships in order to prevent them from continuing to resupply the Syrian regime’s military, according to the Russian newspaper Novaya
Europe could soon feel the fallout from Idlib
Source:Financial Times Date:12Feb2020
Russia cannot deliver on its claim to repatriate Syrian refugees. The Assads will not allow the recreation of a demographic balance — a prewar population with a roughly 70 per cent Sunni majority