(Damascus) Days two and three of the Turkish military onslaught in northeastern Syria witnessed a big escalation in hostilities, with heavy air and artillery shelling of cities, towns and villages as well as electricity and water plants. Turkish jets targeted...
On Sunday, the Kurds in control of the northeastern region in Syria have said that they have come to an agreement with the Syrian government to help stave off the bloody Turkish invasion that has, so far, lasted for almost...
Dramatic changes and landmark achievements have marked the Syrian scene over the past 48 hours, with the Syrian army retaking control of northeastern cities, towns and strategic oil, gas and water projects. This comes following a Russian mediated deal between...
Late in the night of day three of the Turkish operation ‘Spring of Peace’ in northeastern Syria, a US-led coalition base was attacked amid reports of deaths and injuries of foreign soldiers including French servicemen, at the base as ambulances...
On day one of the new Turkish offensive into northeast Syria, the so-called ‘ Spring of Peace’ operation started spilling out the deaths of local civilian Kurds, and destroying electricity plants, dams, grain silos and other basic infrastructure installations over...
Germany’s Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer travelled to Turkey and pledged his continued support for Turkey to reorganise the refugee pact between the European Union and Turkey. The agreement of spring 2016 grants Greece the ability to send illegally...
Donald Trump is not only “dumping” the Kurds, he is also giving precise indications regarding the cornerstones of his foreign policy agenda. Not only as regards Syria, but also all other global crises, directly or indirectly, involving the United States....
Straight after the last US military vehicle had crossed the Syrian borders following president Trump’s long-declared decision to pull out US troops from Syria, the Turkish artillery started shelling Kurdish SDF military positions on the Tal Taweel hilltop in rural...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a strategist. A man who can say everything and the opposite of everything. First he threatens Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani and then tries to find an agreement with them to resolve the Syrian conflict. But...
The conflict in Syria erupted in March 2011 as an anti-government protest against President Bashar-al-Assad, turned into an armed rebellion the first quarter of 2012. Ever since, the war continued unabated and involved dozens of nations including Arab, regional and...