By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq has suspended crude oil exports to Syria, citing regional instability, in a move that threatens to deepen Syria’s fuel crisis, Iraqi officials said on December 22. The decision to halt shipments of approximately 120,
Iran’s supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist incoming government
Iran’s supreme leader says young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the …
Turkey says it believes Kurdish fighters will be forced out of all Syrian territory
Turkey believes Syria’s new rulers, including the Syrian National Army (SNA) armed group which Ankara backs, will drive Kurdish YPG fighters from all territory they occupy in northeastern Syria, …
Turkey will do ‘whatever it takes’ if Syria government cannot address Kurd militia issue, minister says
Turkey will do “whatever it takes” to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara’s concerns about U.S.-allied Kurdish groups it views as terrorist groups, Foreign …
Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria
Amid the end of the nearly 14 years of civil war in Syria, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to rekindle a new war in northern Syria against America’s main ally, the Syrian Kurds.
Turkey’s drone warfare in Syria: 5 killed in strike amid campaign targeting Kurdish forces
Turkey backs Syria’s new Islamist-led rulers, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and hopes they will act against Kurdish fighters. Ankara has vowed to continue military operations until Kurdish forces ‘disarm’, ci …
Iran-Turkey ties tested by Assad’s downfall in Syria
The power vacuum in Syria after the downfall of the Assad regime is set to change a delicate balance of interests between Turkey and Iran.The sudden collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria changed …
Syria Civil War’s New Frontlines Emerge Post-Assad
“I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know,” a top Syrian Democratic Council official told Newsweek.
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.
For Syria’s Economy, the Way Forward Starts With Sanctions Relief
The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say. By Patricia Cohen Reporting from London Although the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria was shockingly …