Turkey

Daesh prisoners will be sent back to home countries in Europe: Turkey

Nov 03, 2019 03:46

Turkey says it will send foreign members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group back to their home countries in Europe after the suspected terrorists were captured by the Turkish army troops during Ankara’s cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria.
Turkey begins joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria

Nov 02, 2019 05:33

Turkey has begun joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria after Kurdish militants met a 150-hour deadline to leave border areas near Turkey as part of a deal struck between Ankara and Moscow in Sochi late last month.
Assad: Liberating northern Syria from Kurds 'ultimate goal'

Nov 01, 2019 04:57

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country's ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions in the wake of an abrupt US troop withdrawal and a Turkish offensive against the Kurds there.
President Rouhani: Iran-Turkey cooperation guarantees regional peace

Nov 01, 2019 04:34

President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Turkey on the anniversary of its Republic Day and stressed that cooperation and unity between Tehran and Ankara would guarantee regional peace and security.
Car bomb blast kills 9, injures dozens in Syria's Afrin

Oct 31, 2019 11:32

A car bomb has exploded in Syria's northwest city of Afrin, leaving at least nine people dead and 30 others injured.
Syria urges Kurdish-led SDF to join national army in face of Turkish aggression

Oct 31, 2019 10:32

Syria has called on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to join the ranks of the national armed forces and help defend the country against the Turkish aggression.
Syrian army troops engage in clashes with Turkish forces again

Oct 31, 2019 03:32

Syrian troops have engaged in fierce clashes with Turkish military forces near Syria’s key border town of Ra’s al-Ayn in the northeastern province of Hasakah – a day after a similar incident claimed the lives of seven Syrian soldiers and left several others injured.
‘Syria’s constitutional committee must work independently to win public support’

Oct 30, 2019 04:29

Iran, Russia and Turkey have stressed that Syria’s long-awaited constitutional committee must work independently and far from any foreign interference in order to draw maximum support from all walks of the Syrian nation.
Seven Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with Turkish forces, allies near Ra’s al-Ayn

Oct 29, 2019 17:51

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least seven Syrian army soldiers have been killed when fierce exchanges of gunfire broke out between government troops and Turkish military forces and their allied militants near Syria’s key northeastern border town of Ra's al-Ayn.
Turkey says Kurdish militants still in Syria ‘safe zone’ as deadline looms

Oct 29, 2019 17:47

Ankara says Kurdish militants of the so-called People’s Protection Units (YPG) have yet to fully pull out of border areas in Syria’s north as a deadline set by a recent Turkey-Russia deal for their withdrawal approaches.