Shara’a is visiting Jordan following comments by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting that southern Syria should be demilitarized.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a trip to Ankara on Monday where he met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the evolving events in Syria as well as an end to the war in Ukraine.

Turkey will not allow terrorist organisations to take shelter in northern Syria and will not hesitate to take action in that regard, President Tayyip Erdogan said.

Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.

Turkish President Erdogan and his administration are negotiating with Syria’s interim president to solidify its influence and control over the new Syrian government, potentially threatening

Turkey’s foreign minister says his country would reconsider its military presence in northeastern Syria if that country’s new leaders eliminate a Kurdish militant group designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the Europea..

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Sergey Lavrov, the country’s Foreign Minister, has met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

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Turkey views the Kurds as an existential threat, despite their past role as a key US ally in the fight against ISIS – now, their future hangs in the balance

This briefing featured Gönül Tol, Senior Fellow at MEI and the author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. The briefing also featured Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow at MEI,

BEIRUT — Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would reconsider its military presence in northeastern Syria if that country’s new leaders eliminate a Kurdish militant group ...