Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

European and Gulf Arab states share common interests in Syria – they should work closely together to ensure a stable ...

Civilian hostage Arbel Yehoud among six to be released this week • Israel will allow returns of Gazans to north ...

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers, an advocacy group ...

In the early morning of Nov. 30, 2024, within hours of the news that Syria ... erupted with relief and possibility. In the immediate aftermath, thousands of Syrians in Turkey did in fact go ...

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey has said repeatedly it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to disband. Ankara considers the group, which spearheads the US-allied Syrian Democratic ...

Turkey directly supports its proxy force, the Syrian National Army (SNA), against Kurdish forces (YPG/SDF) in the north of the country. On the other hand, Ankara has considerable influence over ...

Turkey has offered military assistance and capacity-building support to the new Syrian military to combat “terrorist groups”, during an unprecedented visit by a high-level Syrian delegation ...

“The aggressive imperialist actor in Syria (as well as in northern Cyprus, Libya, and other areas in the Middle East) is Turkey itself, and it is advisable for the Turkish president to avoid ...

ANKARA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to provide support to the new Syrian administration for ... Trump's administration has terminated deportation relief for hundreds of thousands of ...

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state ... and could be achieved as a condition of continued sanctions relief on Syria. Second, the US must “use all available levers to ensure ...