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Turkish and Syrian defence and security officials meet for first time in a decade – The Guardian/Ruth Michaelson

"Move towards peaceful relations represents cause for alarm for more than 4m refugees in Turkey since 2011" reports Ruth Michaelson in The Guardian. Top Turkish...

Syrian Kurdish commander wants peace with Turkey, but will ‘fully’ resist attack – Al-Monitor/Amberin Zaman

"In an interview with Al-Monitor, Syrian Democratic Forces head Mazlum Kobane said he expects a Turkish attack in February, and warned Ankara should not...

Fledgling Turkish-Syrian dialogue faces bumpy road ahead – Al-Monitor/Fehim Tastekin

"Ankara and Damascus need to moderate their positions to avoid a collision in their quest for normalization" reports Fehim Tastekin in Al-Monitor. Ankara’s bid to normalize...

Fehim Tastekin: « Turkey turns up pressure on allies in Syria » Al-Monitor

"Turkey is using the jihadis’ march into Afrin to push its rebel allies in Syria to reorganize as a coherent, disciplined force. But what...

Is Turkey using the radical group to strengthen its hand in Syria? – Fehim Tastekin/Al-Monitor

"Amid Ankara’s overtures to Damascus, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — the radical group controlling Idlib — has seized Afrin and is seeking a deal to...

IS NEW MOOVE IN SYRIAN BORDER IN FAVOR OF TURKEY? – Al-Monitor/Sultan al-Kanj

Syrian government withdrawing from Tal Rifaat "FSA forces are carrying out military maneuvers in preparation for the battle against Kurdish forces in Tal Rifaat, while...

Turkey is a threat to Syria – The Jerusalem Post/Giran Ozcan

"Turkey has invaded and occupied the territory of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) twice in the past four years and...

Turkey and the Lesser of Two Evils in Syria – Ibrahim Hamidi/Asharq Al-Awsat

"If Turkey were given the choice between normalizing relations with the Syrian regime or accepting the establishment of Kurdish state in northern Syrian and...

Syrian Kurds, opposition take cases to Washington – Al-Monitor

Delegations from Kurdish-held northeast Syria and the Turkey-backed Syrian National Coalition will meet separately with US officials this week, reports Elizabeth Hagedorn on Al-Monitor....

Fehim Taştekin: « If you criticize Turkey’s border policy, you are a traitor »

« After Turkey lost two soldiers in Syria last week, Turkey’s Defense Minister went to the boarder and stated that, “revenge of our martyrs has...

Fehim Taştekin: « War over economic routes heats up in Syria »

Al-Monitor, 5 Avril 2021, Fehim Taştekin, image: Ghaith Alsayed Syria’s economic collapse is stoking the struggle over commercial routes between government-held areas and US- and...

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