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This file photo taken on October 10, 2016 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) talking with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the opening ceremony of the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. KAYHAN OZER / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE / AFP

Putin, Erdogan Discuss Idlib De-escalation Zone

by Said Abdel-Razek, Kamal Shikho | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Qamishli- The topic of the “Idlib ceasefire” dominated on Thursday talks held between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Ankara. Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Erdogan and Putin discussed “an...

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Smoke rises from al-Mishlab district at Raqqa’s southeastern outskirts. (Reuters)

ISIS Suggests Handing over Raqqa in Exchange of Safe Exit

by Youssef Diab and Caroline Akoum | Jun 11, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) achieved on Saturday new advances in Raqqa by controlling new positions in the west, north and east of the city following fierce battles with ISIS militants. Meanwhile, reports said a tribal delegation representing the...

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U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference following Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Senior Rebel Negotiator: Astana Talks Neither a Success nor a Failure… Kurds are Part of Syria

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Jan 29, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Senior Syrian rebel negotiator, heading the current Syrian Opposition delegation sent to the peace talks held in the Kazakh capital, Astana, Mohammad Alloush said that the negotiations are not entirely a success, but have not failed either. Alloush...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, accompanied by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, gives his annual press conference in Moscow on January 17, 2017. AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV

Fatah Al-Sham Besieged, Considered Terrorist by Turkey

by Caroline Akoum and Youssef Diab | Jan 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Turkey on Thursday listed Fatah Al-Sham – previously al-Nusra Front – as a terrorist movement, further tightening the noose on the group, which continued fighting with opposition factions in north Syria. Al-Nusra remains almost alone, as many...

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Police secure area near an Istanbul nightclub, Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Turkish Security Arrests 3 PKK Suicide Bombers, ISIS Sniper Crossing Syria Border

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish authorities have conducted a series of arrests against terror suspects attempting to slip through borders. Security forces apprehended three active suicide attack recruits involved with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or (PKK) and the Democratic...