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Ankara Resumes Air Strikes on Northern Syria

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 15, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey announced that it is resuming air strikes in support of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as part of operation Euphrates Shield after an agreement with the “interested parties” was reached. In statements that he made after a Turkish cabinet meeting, the Deputy Prime...

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Syria Kurd women fighters, AFP

Diplomats Confirm U.S. Making Promises on Ankara’s Safe Zone

by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut – Days after the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an offensive to free the ISIS stronghold in Syria’s north, Raqqa, many Kurdish senior officials expected that the area would be annexed to Kurdish territory post liberation. The statements...

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Turkey Demands That States “Exporting” Foreign Fighters Halt Them

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 8, 2016 | World

The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that everyone understands that defeating ISIS in a short time is possible through ground operations along the lines of operation Euphrates Shield, through which Turkey supports Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in...

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A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter helps civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an Islamic State-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 12, 2016. The SDF has said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Assad Knew about Operation Euphrates Shield, Anakara Aims to Prevent a “Kurdish Corridor”

by Saeed Abdelrazek, Paula Astih | Aug 30, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- Turkey issued a strong warning to Kurdish Forces in north Syria, asking them to immediately move north the Euphrates or become another target, and have called on Washington to abide by its promises in this regard. Turkish deputy Prime Minister Numan...