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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad swears the presidential oath for a fourth term, in Damascus, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on July 17, 2021. SANA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Assad Says Turkey Talks Must Be Based On Ending 'Occupation'

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said talks with foe Turkey should be based on the aims of ending the occupation of Syrian land and halting support for what he called terrorism, an apparent…

13 January 2023
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his messages to the journalists in G20 Summit's news conference in Media Center, BICC, Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia, November 16, 2022. ADITYA PRADANA PUTRA/G20 Media Center/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Leaders of Turkey, Syria Could Meet For Peace - Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria's Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process after their defense ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between…

05 January 2023
Syrian Kurds attend a funeral of people killed in Turkish airstrikes in the village of Al Malikiyah , northern Syria, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. The airstrikes, which Turkey said were aimed at Kurdish militants whom Ankara blamed for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul, also struck several Syrian army positions in three different provinces along the border with Turkey. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Turkey Hints New Syria Offensive; Russia Urges Restraint

Turkey’s president again hinted at a possible new ground offensive in Syria against Kurdish militants on Tuesday, as Syrian forces denounced new airstrikes and Russia urged restraint and called on…

AP 22 November 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Sochi, Russia August 5, 2022. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Sochi Summit Paves Way for Restoring of Relations between Ankara, Assad

Although the repercussions of the Ukrainian war overshadowed the talks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at the Sochi summit,…

Jiwan Soz 13 August 2022
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rivals face an uphill struggle in convincing voters that they could repair Turkey’s economy © AFP via Getty.

Choosing Joint Candidate: An Arduous Task Awaiting Six-party Alliance in Turkey

The Turkish political circles, and with them the voters who will vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections that the country will witness next year, are waiting to know the name of the…

Jiwan Soz 22 April 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) shake hands after a press conference in Sochi, Russia, where they agreed on the ten points of the Russian-Turkish memorandum on northeast Syria/AP

How Did Ankara Succeed in Luring Moscow into Mediation with Ukraine?

Offers of political mediation between Russia and Ukraine have not stopped since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014 and the tragic events that followed, reaching their climax these days,…

Samy Amara 01 April 2022
Spanish citizens residing in Afghanistan and Afghans board a military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (Credit: Reuters)

Turkey Seeks Operating Rights of Kabul Airport Despite Qatar’s Announcement of Same Mission

One of the first priorities of the Taliban government after it took over Afghanistan was to get the Kabul airport operational again because of its importance as a transportation hub for cargo, aid…

Jiwan Soz 10 September 2021
A Turkish national flag hangs on a fence as Syrian refugees wait for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival at the Nizip refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey, 23 April 2016. (EPA/SEDAT SUNA)

Syrian Refugees Call Out Turkish Politicians’ Agenda

Turkish security forces have arrested more than 120 people since August 13, over attacks against Syrian refugees and their properties in the capital Ankara, following the death of a Turkish citizen…

Jiwan Soz 20 August 2021
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