Turkish air strike hit a border area in northeast Syria on Wednesday, a war monitor said, moments after Ankara announced the start of an operation against Syria’s Kurds. “Turkish warplanes have launched air strikes on … the Ras al-Ain area at the border,” said the Britain-based Opposing Syrian Observatory war ...
Damascus voiced readiness on Tuesday to welcome Syria’s Kurds back into the fold after Washington left them to face Turkish military threats alone. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stressed that Damascus “will defend all Syrian territory, and will not accept any occupation of its land,” he told Al-Watan newspaper. The ...