Turkey

Rouhani urges protection of civilians, terror elimination in Syria's Idlib

Feb 29, 2020 14:18

President Hassan Rouhani says people should be protected and terrorists should be eliminated in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as tensions between Turkey and Syria have soared to a dramatic level after dozens of Turkish troops were killed in air raids in the region.
Greek police fire tear gas on migrants at border with Turkey

Feb 29, 2020 10:42

Greek police have fired tear gas at migrants who had gathered on its border with Turkey in an attempt to prevent them from entering the country.
Syria: Turkey using observation posts to back terrorists

Feb 29, 2020 05:12

Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations tells an emergency UN Security Council meeting that Turkey uses the observation posts it has set up in the Arab country’s northwest to level support for terrorists.
Greece tightens border control after Turkey opens gates

Feb 29, 2020 02:17

Greece has tightened control on the border with Turkey following a decision by Ankara to stop preventing the flow of refugees into Europe and amid fears of a new coronavirus spread.
Iran urges speedy de-escalation of chaotic situation in Syria's Idlib

Feb 28, 2020 13:27

Iran has called for an urgent containment of the chaotic situation in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib amid territorial gains made by Syrian government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in their last major bastion in the country.
Russia says Turkish troops killed among terrorists, warns against op

Feb 28, 2020 10:50

A senior Russian lawmaker has warned that a full-scale Turkish operation in Syria will end badly for Ankara after Russia's Defense Ministry said Turkish soldiers killed in Syria were targeted after being deployed alongside terrorists.
About 34 Turkish troops killed in Syria's Idlib as govt. forces continue gains

Feb 28, 2020 05:41

Dozens of Turkish soldiers have reportedly been killed in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as Syrian government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, continue to score territorial gains in battles against foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists in their last major bastion in the country.
Turkish military firing at Russian, Syrian military planes in Idlib: Military source

Feb 28, 2020 01:49

Turkish military forces are using shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down Russian and Syrian military aircraft in Syria’s embattled northwestern province of Idlib as heavy fighting continues in the area, a military source says.
Syrian troops continue advancing in southern Idlib, liberate six more villages

Feb 27, 2020 14:48

Syrian forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have retaken control of a number of villages in the southern countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib following clashes with foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.
Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Syrian airstrike in Idlib

Feb 27, 2020 04:37

Turkey says two of its army soldiers have been killed in an airstrike launched by the Syrian army in Syria’s Northwestern Province of Idlib, the last terrorists' bastion in a nine-year war.