
The Turkish army has begun setting up “observation posts” in Syria’s largely Takfiri-controlled northwestern Idlib province as part of its efforts to create a de-escalation zone, the military said on Friday. “On October 12 (Thursday), we began activities to establish observation posts,” the military said in a statement, after local ...

Turkey will boycott meetings with the US ambassador to Ankara as it no longer recognizes the envoy as the US representative in the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, stepping up a diplomatic row. “We have not agreed and are not agreeing to this ambassador making farewell visits with ...