France presses Russia over Syria as more die in besieged rebel area
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - France urged Russia to make Syria's government ease a dire humanitarian crisis in two rebel-held areas as more air strikes pounded them on Friday, adding to the death toll from one of the deadliest weeks of the war. President Bashar al-Assad's army, which has seized a ...
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Turkey resumes airstrikes on Syrian Kurdish enclave
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey resumed airstrikes in Syria's Kurdish enclave of Afrin after a brief lull, killing and wounding several people, the military and Kurdish officials said Friday. The attacks on border areas and the main town in the region began Thursday night and have been among the ...
11 Turkish troops killed in deadliest day of Kurdish offensive
Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria on January 20, targeting the Kurdish YPG militia (AFP Photo/OZAN KOSE)/ Ankara (AFP) - Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed on Saturday, including two military personnel when a helicopter was downed, in the bloodiest day in Ankara's ...
Turkish president says helicopter downed in northern Syria
ISTANBUL (AP) — Four more Turkish soldiers have been killed in northern Syria, the Turkish military announced late Saturday, bringing the day's death toll to 11 in what has been the most lethal day since Ankara's offensive on Syrian Kurdish militia began. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
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Turkey orders arrest of pro-Kurdish party leader: agency
Serpil Kemalbay, newly elected co-chairwoman of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), speaks during her party's extraordinary congress in Ankara, Turkey, May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer/ ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has ordered the arrest of 17 people including the co-leader of the main ...
Turkey says to host Syria summit with Russia, Iran
A man at the site of an air raid in eastern Al-Ghouta, Syria, on January 4, 2018. (Reuters)/ Turkey on Thursday said it planned to host in Istanbul a new three-way summit on Syria with the presidents of Russia and Iran aimed at reviving a drive to bring peace to the country. President Recep ...
Turkey, Russia and Iran leaders to discuss Syria in Istanbul: Turkish source
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Thursday to meet in Istanbul to discuss the conflict in Syria, a Turkish presidential source said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the meeting in two phone calls on Thursday with the Russian and Iranian presidents, the source said. The ...
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Tehran Steps Up Pressure on Ankara Over Syrian Operation
Iran is the latest country to add its voice to growing calls for Turkey to curtail its military operation in Syria against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Turkey-Iran relations have recently improved, but Tehran is seen to be increasingly concerned about the lack of clarity on the scope and duration ...
Rouhani, Erdogan discuss regional threats, bilateral ties
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said in a Thursday phone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that using national currencies in economic transactions could accelerate Tehran-Ankara relations, Press TV reported. Rouhani also stressed that Iran-Turkey ties should reach a ...
Tehran Steps Up Pressure on Ankara Over Syrian Operation
Iran is the latest country to add its voice to growing calls for Turkey to curtail its military operation in Syria against a Syrian Kurdish militia. Turkey-Iran relations have recently improved, but Tehran is seen to be increasingly concerned about the lack of clarity on the scope and duration ...
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