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Turkey, Russia Carry out New Joint Patrol in Syria

Turkish and Russian forces carried out another joint patrol in northern Syria on Tuesday, while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Kurdish militants had yet to completely withdraw from the region. “The second joint patrol… began in the region of Ayn al-Arab (Kobane) to the east of the Euphrates,” the Turkish ...

November 5, 2019

Middle East

Turkey Says It Captured Sister of ISIL’s Baghdadi

Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL Takfiri group who was allegedly killed in a US raid, a senior Turkish official said Tuesday. “Turkey has captured Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s sister” in a raid near the town of Azaz, the ...

November 5, 2019

Middle East

Assad: Liberating Northern Syria ’Ultimate Goal’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that his country’s ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions in the wake of an abrupt US troop withdrawal and a Turkish offensive against the Kurds there. In an interview with state TV on Thursday, Assad added that an agreement last ...

November 1, 2019

Middle East

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani during his meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Archive)

Rouhani: Iran-Turkey Cooperation Guarantees Regional Peace

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Turkey on the anniversary of its Republic Day and stressed that cooperation and unity between Tehran and Ankara would guarantee regional peace and security. In a message to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan released on Thursday, Rouhani congratulated the Turkish leader and people on the ...

October 31, 2019

Middle East

Turkey-Russia Joint Patrols in Syria to Start Friday: Erdogan

Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, the Turkey’s president said Wednesday, a day after a deadline for the withdrawal of Syrian Kurdish fighters expired under a deal between Ankara and Moscow. “We will start the joint work on the ground on Friday, namely we are starting the ...

October 30, 2019

Middle East

Turkey Summons US Envoy over ‘Armenian Genocide’ Recognition

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield in the wake of American lawmakers recognizing and condemning the “Armenian genocide” in 1915, Anadolu reported on Wednesday. Commenting on the motion, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called it a “shameful decision” claiming that legislators were “exploiting history in politics”. The ...

October 30, 2019

Middle East

Erdogan: Russia Says Kurdish Forces Have Left Syria Border Area

Russia has informed Turkey that Kurdish fighters in Syria have completed their withdrawal from areas near the border, in accordance with a deal agreed between Ankara and Moscow, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. “Russia informed our competent authorities of the terror groups’ complete withdrawal from there,” Erdogan said in ...

October 29, 2019

World

Russian MoD Does Not Have Reliable Information on US Operation in Syria to Neutralize Baghdadi

Moscow says has no reliable information on a special operations raid carried out by the United States military, which killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, raising doubt about what US President Donald Trump had earlier announced. Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official at the ...

October 28, 2019

World

Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov

US Holding of Syria Oil Fields ‘International State Banditism’: Russia

Russia on Saturday lashed out at US for capturing and holding oil fields in Eastern Syria, saying that such acts are international state banditism. In a statement, the chief spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said that the US’ stated goal of protecting Syrian oil fields from ISIL ...

October 26, 2019

Middle East

NATO Slams Turkey over Syria Operation, But No Punishment

Turkey’s military operation in Syria was expected to spark “forceful” discussion at a NATO defense ministers’ meeting Thursday but Ankara risks little from its allies because of its strategic position, diplomats said. The issue dominated the two-day gathering in Brussels, with Turkey isolated among the 29 member states because of ...

October 25, 2019