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The competition between Russia and the USA in the northeastern part of Syria is growing, the two strongest military powers are increasingly struggling for peaceful coexistence in the Arab Republic. Since the beginning of the year, the American side has moved to the tactics of blocking the movements of Russian troops on the strategically important M4 […]
DAMASCUS – An informed Syrian source denied reports by Reuters that the Syrian-Russian-Turkish meeting in Moscow has discussed potential coordination against the presence of the Kurdish militants in northern Syria and the possibility of joint action against People’s Protection Units (YPG). The source rejected the Reuters report on a joint campaign against the Kurdish militias […]
RAQQA – Kurdish militias have left the base and checkpoint in northern Raqqa province, near the town of Ain Issa. The Kurdish forces evacuated a military base with a training center in addition to the checkpoint used by the Asayish, the police force in Kurdish-controlled zones. The base is close to the M-4 road, east […]
On Tuesday, exactly two weeks after Ankara launched its cross border military operation “Operation Peace Spring”, in northern Syria east of the Euphrates River, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Sochi for what proved to be a lengthy diplomatic discussion that resulted in an agreement that sets […]
Turkey began on October 9 its illegal offensive in northern Syria to expel terrorist organizations, primarily the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State according to Ankara, away from the Turkish border and to establish a safe zone in the northeast of the country to accommodate some of the millions of Syrian refugees currently […]
ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s adviser Yasin Aktay said that the possible protection of the Kurdish units operating in northern Syria by Damascus will be regarded by Ankara as a declaration of war against Turkey. “If the Syrian regime [government troops] wants to enter Manbij, Kobane and Qamishli to provide protection to the […]
The United States has not had a clear strategy in Syria since the beginning, which has created the risk of intelligence leaking to its competitors after leaving the country, according to an anonymous US defense official quoted by the media. Despite claims that US operations in Syria were focused on combating ISIS rather than engaging […]
ANKARA – Turkey has condemned the Arab League statement about the Ankara operation in northern Syria, said Turkish presidential administration communications director Fahrettin Altun. On Saturday, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit urged Turkey to immediately halt the military operation against Kurdish units in northern Syria and to withdraw troops from the territory of the […]
WASHINGTON DC – US special forces came under fire from the Turkish military during the military operation in northeastern Syria, Newsweek said. According to a Pentagon source, the US military considered the possibility of self-defense response fire, but abandoned the idea after the Turkish army stopped bombing. The Newsweek spokesman said Ankara should be aware […]
RAQQA, Syria – According to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), at least three Daesh suicide bombers attacked Wednesday its military positions in Syria’s Raqqa, Sputnik reported. The SDF stressed in a statement that the Daesh* terrorists took “advantage of imminent Turkish invasion”, adding that “clashes still ongoing”. The SDF has, however, not provided any […]