The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday on a bipartisan resolution opposing President Donald Trump’s decision to pull back troops in northern Syria, Anadolu reports. The measure passed 354-60...

The reaction of Western countries to Turkey’s fight against terrorists groups in north-eastern Syria requires the international community to have a serious rethink about Article 5 of the 1949...

A high-profile US delegation is expected to arrive in Turkey tomorrow in an attempt to persuade Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to end his military incursion in north-east Syria. The Turkish...

Canada has joined fellow NATO members in pausing arms sale to Ankara, as the Turkish government comes under pressure to halt its military operation into north-eastern Syria. Global Affairs...

The way that history has a tendency to repeat itself is intriguing. In Alfred Lilienthal’s The Other Side of the Coin, published in 1965, he said that the “Soviet...

Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau yesterday called for Israel to prevent a potential genocide against Kurds in north Syria, Israeli TV Channel 7 reported. According to Safa news agency, the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan the “deal of the century” as “pretty vague”, news agencies reported. Before leaving to the...

ABC News has apologised in an official statement for broadcasting a fabricated video of Turkish troops shooting at civilian sites in Syria. The footage had actually been filmed in...

Hamas expressed its appreciation of the Turkish stances on the Palestinian issue and support for the rights of the Palestinian people. In a statement on the situation in north-eastern...

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said yesterday it would sign ten investment deals worth more than $1.3 billion with partners from the UAE. The agreements to be signed during Russian...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday warned European countries against transferring hundreds of Daesh members from the prisons of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to Iraq. HRW expressed concerns that...

A second French national is being detained in Iran and has been imprisoned since the summer, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Wednesday, which is likely to complicate France’s efforts...

President Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump that Turkey will never declare a ceasefire in northeastern Syria and that it will not negotiate with Kurdish forces it is...

US Democratic lawmakers, joined by some of President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans, introduced a resolution on Tuesday opposing Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria, the latest sign...

Turkish police arrested 10 foreign nationals in country’s capital Ankara for their suspected links to the Daesh terror group, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The suspects, who entered into...

A civil training aircraft crashed yesterday in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, as reported by Anadolu Agency.  The aircraft crashed shortly after it took off in the Ulualan region...

Turkey’s national defense minister held a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart on Tuesday, discussing current developments in Syria, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, reports Anadolu Agency....

UEFA, European football’s governing body, launched an investigation on Tuesday against Turkey for a military salute performed by players of its national team, reports Anadolu Agency. Turkish National Football...

France and Britain on Tuesday accused Turkey and the United States of undoing five years’ worth of work in fighting Daesh and scrambled to define how to react should...

Turkey’s national side are being investigated by European football body UEFA after players celebrated their goal in a 1-1 draw against world champions France with a military salute to...

Several Turkish officials and institutions have been hit with US sanctions in response to Ankara’s incursion into northeastern Syria. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced Washington’s decision to turn the...

Turkey rarely gets a fair hearing in the Western press, I am reminded by Abdurrahim Boynukalin, chairman of AK Party UK, when I press him to answer questions about...

US president, Donald Trump, has offered to mediate between Turkey and the Kurdish militias within Syria, launching a diplomatic campaign to broker a ceasefire between the two sides. The...

Russia and Saudi Arabia are partners in making modern history says Saudi FM

When Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced the launch of Operation Peace Spring on Wednesday, he faced criticism from almost all countries over the world; however, he is clearly...

Suddenly, the Arab League came back to life after being buried for years, unmoved by the grave events and bloody tragedies that have befallen the nation since the US...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has today announced the securement of liberated territory for the planned safe zone in Syria, with a length of 444 kilometres and a depth...

A jail in Syria’s Tell Abyad has been emptied of Daesh fighters which Turkish news agency Anadolu reported means Kurdish fighters have set them free. Security sources told Anadolu the...

Syrian regime forces are getting closer to areas where Turkish forces are embattled in a campaign to eradicated Kurdish fighters. According to AFP, regime forces were deployed on the...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday defended his stance on Turkey’s attack on Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria as he came under pressure from some members of the...

The Turkish lira slid 0.8% on Monday in the face of US and European threats of sanctions and embargoes, though sceptical traders said it would weaken much further if...

An attacker killed a French citizen and wounded a soldier with a knife in northern Tunisia on Monday, Reuters quoted the Interior Ministry as saying. Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled...