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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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