Syria is resisting Russian efforts to broker a summit with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, three sources said on Friday, after more than a decade of bitter enmity since the outbreak of Syria’s …
Defense & National Security — US warns Turkey against attacking Syria
The Pentagon is warning NATO member Turkey against a new military operation in Syria, after strikes in the country late last month endangered U.S. troops and caused casualties for their partner forces …
Friday essay: how the West betrayed Syria
More than half a million people have died in Syria’s war with half the population displaced. The suffering will continue until there is a reckoning with Assad and his allies.
Pay attention to Syria or pay a price
Beyond the region’s geopolitics, generous Americans should think in this holiday season about ordinary citizens in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say
U.S. and Kurdish military officials said Tuesday that Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic …
Escalating Turkish strikes cripple civilian infrastructure across northeast Syria
Sword, Turkish strikes have widely targeted civilian and energy infrastructure, wreaking havoc and paralyzing economic life in northeast Syria.
Could Syrian Kurdish issue facilitate Erdogan-Assad rapprochment?
Damascus’ low-key reaction to Turkey’s recent strikes on Syrian Kurdish targets suggests it might acquiesce to Turkish military moves that would contribute to ending the US military presence in the …
U.S.-backed force in Syria wants ‘stronger’ U.S. warning for Turkey
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Turkish forces nearly ready for a Syria ground operation -officials
Turkey’s army needs just a few days to be ready for a ground incursion into northern Syria and such a decision may come at a cabinet meeting on Monday, Turkish officials said, as Turkish forces …
Daniel DePetris: Turkey has put the US in a tough spot by threatening another Syria incursion
NATO ally Turkey, in warring against a critical partner in the anti-Islamic State campaign in Syria, has put the U.S. in an unenviable position.