Posts Tagged: Turkish invasion of Syria
Trump Lauds Relations With Erdogan, as Turkish Strongman Visits White House
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the leaders met to overcome mounting differences between the...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Not Leave Syria Until Other Countries Pull Out
Turkey will not leave Syria until other countries pull out, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday, and Ankara will continue its...
Israel Says It Is Aiding Syria’s Kurds, Advocating for Them With US
Israel is assisting Syrian Kurds battered by a month-old Turkish incursion, seeing them as a counterweight to Iranian influence and advocating for them in talks with...
Turkey Says Kurdish YPG Still in Syria Border Area as Deadline Looms
Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey's defense minister...
Erdogan ‘Dragging Turkey Down a Dangerous Path,’ Israel’s UN Envoy Charges
Israel’s UN envoy ripped Turkey on Monday for its military offensive against the Kurds in northern Syria and its support of Hamas. Speaking at the Security...
One Turkish Soldier Killed, Five Wounded in Northeast Syria: Ministry
One Turkish military personnel was killed and five were wounded in Syria's Ras Al-Ayn region after a rocket and mortar attack by the Kurdish YPG...
More Russian Military Police Arrive in Syria Under Peace Deal With Turkey
Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted...
Trump Claims Turkey’s Ceasefire in Northern Syria Now Permanent, Lifts Sanctions
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday a ceasefire in northern Syria is now permanent and he lifted sanctions on Turkey as a result, rejecting criticism of...
Russia Warns Syrian Kurdish YPG to Pull Back as Its Forces Move In
Russian military police arrived in the strategic Syrian city of Kobani on Wednesday as Moscow warned Kurdish YPG forces that they face further armed conflict with...
For Syrian Kurds, a Leader’s Killing Deepens Sense of US Betrayal
Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf spent the final months of her life building a political party that she hoped would help shape Syria's future, drawing the...
Turkey Will Resume Syria Assault If US Promises Not Met: Erdogan
Hundreds of Kurdish forces remain near Syria's northeast border despite a US-brokered truce demanding their withdrawal and Turkey could resume its offensive in the area...
All US Troops Withdrawing from Syria Expected to Go to Western Iraq: Pentagon Chief
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western...
Turkey and Russia to Discuss Removal of Kurdish Militia From Syrian Towns
Turkey and Russia will discuss the removal of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia from the northern Syrian towns of Manbij and Kobani during talks in...
When the Dust Settles in Syria…
JNS.org - To speak about Kurds has suddenly become a cry in favor of human rights and self-determination by the Western press, and rightly so:...
