by Saeed Abdelrazek | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks on Tuesday with his Iranian counterpart on the latest developments in Syria, revealed Turkish diplomatic sources. They said that Cavusoglu and Mohammed Javad Zarif met on the sidelines of the emergency...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 18, 2017 | Middle East
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of Brett McGurk, the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting ISIS, after it accused him of backing Syrian Kurdish militia, a move that would likely aggravate tension between Ankara and Washington. Washington...
by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 14, 2016 | World
Washington- Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS at the U.S. Department of State Brett McGurk addressed reporters at the White House shortly after meeting with President Obama and other national security officials about the ongoing...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 5, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
ISIS is lagging behind in a battle by forces arraigned against if from many sides in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. envoy to a coalition fighting the group said on Saturday. The focus now has to turn to stabilizing cities seized back from them, he added. Addressing a press...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 1, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
A coalition official reported that President Barack Obama’s envoy to the U.S.-led coalition against the ISIS visited northern Syria over the weekend, marking the first known visit by a senior U.S. official to Syria ever since the beginning of the U.S.-led...
