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A Turkish tank on the border with Syria. (Reuters)

Erdogan Launches Idlib Offensive, Rebel Factions Prepare to Fight Nusra Front

by Saeed Abdelrazek and Caroline Akoum | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a “major military operation” in Syria’s northwestern province Idlib. The offensive is led by rebel factions belonging to the Free Syrian Army but with the support of Turkish forces and...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reuters

Erdogan: Turkey’s “Euphrates Shield” Military Operation into Syria Was Not its Last

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 17, 2017 | Middle East

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Turkey’s “Euphrates Shield” incursion into northern Syria would not be its last such venture in the region but its first, saying it would carry out as many military operations as necessary, wherever...

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Rescue workers in Aleppo rescue a boy from rubble after a reported bomb attack in the city’s Bab al-Nairab neighborhood. Ameer Alhalbi/AFP

Relentless Discussions between Ankara and Moscow to Save Euphrates Shield

by Said Abdul Razzak | Nov 28, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- In a rare move to discuss the latest logistic and political developments in Syria, the “Ankara-Moscow” axis has lately witnessed heated talks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made two telephone calls to his Russian counterpart Vladimir...

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Turkish soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier escort a military convoy on a main road in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border. Reuters

Turkey Expects ‘Euphrates Shield’ to End Early Next Year

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- Turkey has given for the first time an approximate date for the end of the “Euphrates Shield” military operation that backs Free Syrian Army rebels to clear the border area with northern Syria from ISIS and Kurdish fighters. “It is expected that...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addresses the media in Ankara, Turkey, July 29,

Ankara Warns Kurdish Fighters from Approaching al-Bab

by Said Abdul Razzak | Nov 17, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara – Ankara warned People’s Protection Units (YPG) from approaching al-Bab city, ISIS’s stronghold northeast Aleppo, as Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army forces are so close to take it over. Turkish Defense Minister, Fikri Isik, warned the Democratic Union...