1 month agoTurkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin: We do not ask permission from anyone when our national security is endangered, and "it suffices to coordinate with allies." Kalin: We will pursue "militants" to eliminate them by air and land, and we did not target American or Russian forces in our operations in northern Syria
1 month agoBukan, northwest Iran Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the government on the 81st day of the uprising
Russian high-ranking delegation reaches the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, amid intense warplanes' flight over the area
Turkish shelling targets Pro-Assad forces positions in the vicinity of the village of Sheikh Issa, east of Tel Rifaat town in Aleppo northern countryside
The SDF Media Center says Turkish forces shelled more than 40 villages in the AANES-held areas on the border with Turkey during the past 24 hours
The Russians waited two hours. The Turkish army refuses to conduct a patrol with the Russian forces in Al-Hasakah
Kurdish media: dead and wounded as a result of the bombing of the village of "Qamish" in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq
Turkey bombards Mawat town in Sulaimani province, causing civilian causalities- mayor tells Rudaw
Unidentified drone airstrikes target Asos mountain in Sulaymaniyah province, with preliminary reports indicate that a few people were injured, Kamaran Hassan, head of local administration in Mawat, told BasNews
The Kremlin envoy to Syria: Moscow is working to hold a presidential meeting between Turkey and Syria in Russia
Kurdish forces in Syria halt their operations with US-led coalition against ISIS after Turkish attacks
2 month agoThe United Nations "UNESCO" condemned the targeting of ANHA journalist, Essam Abdullah, who was killed in Turkish air strike
Turkish Minister of Defense: The United States asked to re-examine the possible military operation in northern Syria, and we asked it to fulfill its commitments
2 month agoA young man was killed at Al-Saha roundabout in Al-Sunaf neighborhood in the city of Qamishli, as a result of being shot by unknown persons riding a motorcycle
The Turkish army bombarded with rocket and missile launchers the positions of the SDF forces in the vicinity of the city of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, amid intense flight of Turkish reconnaissance planes over the area
A Turkish drone targeted, with an air strike, a military point of al-Assad forces near the village of Koran, east of the city of Kobane, in the countryside of Aleppo
North Press correspondent citing a military source as saying 3 soldiers of Pro-Assad forces forces wounded in airstrikes by Turkish forces in Kobani countryside, northern Syria
2 month agoThe PYD's military police arrested a number of young men for forced recruitment into its ranks in the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo
The Turkish army targets with heavy artillery the locations of the "SDF" forces in the western countryside of Tal Abyad and the vicinity of the M4 international road north of Raqqa and the Abu al-Rasin axis north of Hasakah
Turkish Defence Minister Akar and his US counterpart Akar held a phone call, discussed bilateral relations and regional issues. Akar pointed out that Türkiye is carrying out anti-terror operations in line with its right for self-defense
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday will chair a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the possibility of a fresh cross-border operation against the Kurdish forces in Syria
ISIS announces the death of its leader, Abu al-Hasan al-Qurashi
According to ISIS, the late leader Abu Al-Hasan died while in the "battlefield" and killed some "enemies" before getting killed. He died without releasing audio or video recordings. The new leader might follow suit and stay behind the scenes to preserve his safety
2 month agoISIS announces its leader Abu al-Hassan Al-Qurashi has been killed in action, and declares Abu al-Hussain al-Hussaini al-Qurashi as its new leader.
2 month agoArtillery shelling from Turkish army bases targets SDF positions southwest of the city of Azaz, Northern Syria
Turkish Intelligence Organization (MIT) killed Fatma Onur, so-called intelligence officer of the terrorist organization PKK, with an operation in Sinjar, northern Iraq
The United States has reduced the number of patrols with the Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria because of Turkey's strikes in the region, the Pentagon says. No U.S. troops redeployed so far ahead of a feared a Turkish ground invasion
Turkish envoy to the Security Council: We will continue to carry out counter-terrorism operations to protect our people and ensure the security of our borders
Turkey's proxy forces "now are fully prepared" for ground ops in northern Syria, SDF's @MazloumAbdi tells virtual forum hosted by @Columbia, via a translator Turkey's "preparations are in full swing for an imminent ground offensive" he says
Erdogan: We will continue our military operations until all terrorist organizations are destroyed. Erdogan: We will not get permission from anyone to fight terrorists organizations
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