The Trump administration has been sending mixed signals about reducing the U.S. military footprint around the world and launching new interventions.
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Since the planned wide-scale military operation by the Assad regime in July 2018 against the different military factions, Idlib has been the center of the Syrian conflict...
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Erdoğan's call on Maduro to ‘stand tall' reflects a sense of long-standing unity that began when the Venezuelan leader had expressed solidarity with Turkey during the July 15, 2016 coup attempt
By speaking of the Adana agreement signed between Ankara and Damascus in 1998, Russian President Putin aims to encourage both sides to cooperate together for the future of Syria
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, there has been a lot of movement in the areas to the east and west of the Euphrates River. In Manbij and Hasakah, bomb attacks targeted American troops.
Many controversies and debates took place after U.S. President Donald Trump declared his decision to withdraw American troops from Syria.
While Daesh cells still do carry out attacks in Manbij and other YPG/PKK-held areas, the neighboring opposition-held Al-Bab or Jarablus remain safe from Daesh attacks, both of them being among the areas Turkey cleaned from Daesh
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With the start of Arab insurgencies and revolutions, the Middle East has been experiencing a great transformation for the last eight years. The process of change continues in the region, but its direction is still unknown. One thing is clear, the regional balance of power is unstable and there has been a comprehensive reshuffle.
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Ensuring border security is expected to be the main focus of Turkey's upcoming diplomatic meetings with its allies in the region, particularly the U.S. and Russia
The best option for Washington is to work with Ankara in the withdrawal process, as terrorist groups are fanning the flames in Syria, just as they did in the bloody Manbij suicide attack
After U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. soldiers from Syria and his ensuing statements where he attributes the strong positive role that Turkey would play in the fight with remnants of Daesh, many analysts in Western media have expressed their doubts.
Turkish-U.S. relations in the last few years have had so many crises and instabilities that everybody started to ask what was going wrong.
Daesh terrorist group 'not an existential threat to the United States,' says Mark Kimmitt
The AK Party's campaign for the March local elections involves both contemporary and traditional methods of reaching voters, and seems to be winning the support of all the generations
U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to create a safe zone in northern Syria continues to make headlines.
Since the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, there has been a debate about the Turkish viewpoint and position about the U.S. withdrawal from Syria.
Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together with Turkey in the Middle East
The United States has been following unsteady Middle East policies, especially in the Syrian crisis.
The Trump administration remains confused and divided over Washington's imminent withdrawal from Syria. Most recently, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Middle East in an attempt to reassure U.S. allies, who are concerned that the U.S. withdrawal will serve Turkish and Iranian interests.
Strong Turkish-U.S. cooperation in Syria may bring more stabilization and security to the region, which could have direct positive impacts for the future of Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton's visit to Turkey was an important opportunity to clarify some of the vagueness that stemmed from the conflicting statements coming from Washington, D.C. in the last three weeks in regards to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.