Turkey

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.
West funding White Helmets, helping them in propaganda campaign against Syria: Top Russian official

Feb 26, 2020 12:22

A high-ranking Russian official says Western intelligence services are sponsoring members of the so-called civil defense group White Helmets and offering complete support to them to propagate fake news in a bid to incriminate Syrian government forces as a pretext for possible acts of aggression on army troops.
Russia says Turkey helping foreign militants enter Libya

Feb 26, 2020 08:59

Russia says Turkey is helping foreign militants cross into Libya, where rebel forces are attempting to unseat the internationally-recognized government.
Two Turkish troopers killed in Libya: Erdogan

Feb 25, 2020 07:34

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says two Turkish troopers have been killed in Libya, despite an earlier assertion that Ankara had withheld the dispatch of forces to the North African country in an attempt to give peace a chance.
Turkish shelling kills nine Syrian forces in Idlib: Monitor

Feb 25, 2020 05:09

A Turkish shelling has reportedly killed nine Syrian forces in the northwestern Idlib province, where the Syrian army is fighting Ankara-backed militants to retake the last stronghold of terrorists, a London-based monitoring group said.
Quake near Iran-Turkey border kills 8, injures dozens

Feb 23, 2020 08:20

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has hit the border region in northwest Iran, killing eight people in Turkey, and injuring dozens more in both countries.
Erdogan announces 4-way summit on Syria’s Idlib

Feb 23, 2020 06:35

Turkey’s president says his country is to join a quadrilateral meeting with Russia, Germany, and France to address the situation in the northwestern Syrian Province of Idlib, where Damascus’ anti-terror advances have posed a threat to the Turkish military presence.
'Russia, Turkey to intensify consultations on Syria’s Idlib'

Feb 22, 2020 03:58

The Russian and Turkish heads of state agree during a phone call to step up their bilateral consultations concerning the situation in the terrorists-infested northwestern Syrian province of Idlib.