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.
Russian army chief in Syria meets Kurds over Turkey tensions
The chief of Russian forces in Syria has met with a Kurdish commander over threats by Turkey to launch a new incursion into northern Syria, a Kurdish spokesman and an Arab TV station said Monday.
Fears Turkey is on brink of all-out invasion as military trucks seen rolling into Syria
Turkey launched a wave of airstrikes on suspected Kurdish rebels hiding in neighbouring Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Istanbul attack.