PKK begins disarmament process after 40 years of armed struggle in Turkiye | PKK News
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun the first steps towards disarmament, closing a chapter on a four-decade armed campaign against the Turkish state in…
Izmir, villages in Turkiye affected by wildfires now under control | Climate Crisis News
Three have died as blaze continues to rage in southern coastal area of Dortyol in Hatay province, which borders Syria.A forestry worker injured in a…
Syrians return to villages destroyed by war | Syria’s War News
Aref Shamtan, 73, chose to erect a tent near his decimated home in northwest Syria instead of remaining in a displacement camp following the overthrow…
What does the PKK’s disarming mean for its regional allies? | Syria’s War
When Abdullah Ocalan said his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, should lay down its arms and disband after more than four decades of conflict with…
Trump hails ‘productive’ call with Turkiye’s Erdogan as visits planned | Politics News
US President Donald Trump says he wants to work with his Turkish counterpart to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.United States President Donald Trump says he…
Syria’s al-Sharaa launches probe into deadly clashes, vows accountability | Syria’s War News
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an investigation after hundreds of people were killed in fighting between security forces and fighters loyal to ousted…
Will PKK leader Ocalan’s call for group to dissolve end Turkiye conflict? | PKK News
Abdullah Ocalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a statement from prison calling upon the group to dissolve itself…
American ally SDF: Not yet notified of US plan for Syria withdrawal | Turkey-Syria Border News
Questions grow over the future of 2,000 Syrian Democratic Forces troops in Syria after Bashar al-Assad’s toppling and US President Trump taking office.The Kurdish-led Syrian…
Syria’s al-Sharaa, Turkey’s Erdogan talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts | Turkey-Syria Border News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s newly appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed deepened security ties – including a response to Kurdish fighters in northeast…
Turkiye says Kurdish-led armed groups in Syria will be ‘eliminated’ | Kurds News
FM Hakan Fidan says only ‘a matter of time before YPG is eliminated’ in Syria, urges West to cease supporting group.Turkiye’s foreign minister has said…
What is behind US strategy of keeping troops in post-Assad Syria? | Oil and Gas News
Washington, DC – The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said it is taking a wait-and-see approach to the fledgling government in Syria,…
More than 30,000 Syrians returned home since al-Assad’s fall, Turkiye says | Syria’s War News
Nearly 31,000 Syrians have returned home since the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad, according to the interior minister of neighbouring Turkiye, which shelters some 3…
Syria and the stakes for regional powers | Syria’s War
As Syria’s new leadership takes shape, competing media narratives in Iran and Turkiye illuminate the region’s shifting geopolitical dynamics. Contributors:Dina Esfandiary – Senior MENA adviser,…
US says it has 2,000 troops in Syria, not 900 as previously declared | Syria’s War News
Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for ‘a while’, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed.After years…
Turkiye refutes US claims of ceasefire with Syrian Kurdish fighters | Syria’s War News
Ankara vows to continue operations in northern Syria as fears grow over an assault on the Kurdish-held border town of Kobane.Turkiye has hit back at…
Turkish FM denies Trump claim of ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye in Syria | Syria’s War News
Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has denied a claim by incoming United States President Donald Trump that the toppling of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was…
UN envoy warns Syria’s war ‘has not ended yet’ as US says truce extended | Syria’s War News
The United Nations special envoy for Syria has warned that the war “has not ended yet” despite the removal of President Bashar al-Assad by opposition…
After taking Damascus, Syria’s opposition begins government formation | Syria’s War News
HTS-linked Mohammed al-Bashir has been tasked with forming a transitional government.Syria’s opposition forces are in talks to take formal control of the country after a…
Barrage of Israeli attacks destroys ‘important military sites in Syria’ | Bashar al-Assad News
Some 250 Israeli air strikes have hit Syria in 48 hours, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Israel has unleashed a barrage of aerial attacks…
Syria, Russia forces step up air raids in a bid to slow opposition advance | Syria’s War News
Syrian and Russian jets have intensified air attacks in Idlib city and positions in Aleppo as the government of President Bashar al-Assad tries to slow…