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Turkey’s Defence Minister Fikri Isik answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Tumay Berkin

Ankara: Diplomatic Solution in Manbij is Imperative

by Said Abdul Razzak | Mar 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey considers that brokering a diplomatic settlement for Syria’s Manbij between Russia and the United States is central for the Syria peace process. Finding a diplomatic solution with the United States and Russia on northern Syria’s Manbij has...

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A woman stands along a damaged street in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Manbij: Syria’s Modern Day “Danzig”

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion

Establishing safe zones and no-fly zones was among the very first critical demands made with respect to the Syria crisis, yet the then United States administration led by former President Barrack Obama– keen on rehabilitating its rival Iran and turning it into a...

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Turkey’s Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia’s Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. AP

Turkish-US-Russian Coordination to Avoid Conflict in Northern Syria

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Mar 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- The top generals from Turkey, US and Russia have met to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq to prevent “the risk of a conflict” during their fight against ISIS. Hulusi Akar, Turkish chief of staff; Joseph Dunford, US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff;...

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A displaced Syrian man waits inside a truck carrying his family’s belongings at a checkpoint near the town of Manbij, northern Syria. (AFP)

Civilians Wait Long Lines in Northern Syria as they Flee ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 8, 2017 | Middle East

Manbij – At a checkpoint for Kurdish and Arab forces in northern Syria, a weary elderly woman and her husband sit in a truck, surrounded by their belongings, waiting for safe passage away from the ISIS group. They are among thousands of civilians waiting long hours at...

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Turkish soldiers drive back to Turkey from the border town of Jarabulus in September 2016/ AFP

Raqqa Isolated, Manbij a U.S.-Protected Area

by Nazeer Rida | Mar 7, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Syria’s Democratic Forces (SDF) supported by the warplanes of the international coalition forces, seized on Monday the main supply route used by ISIS to travel between the city of Raqqa and the Deir Ezzor province, which the organization controls in the...