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'Constitutional committee for Syria almost ready' The make-up of a committee meant to draft a new constitution for Syria is nearly complete, with almost all members agreed on, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and... more

Politics PKK terror group's leader dismisses $12M US bounty The PKK terror organization's acting leader Murat Karayılan on Tuesday dismissed Washington's decision to a combined $12 million bounty on three key PKK leaders, saying the... More
Syrian Crisis YPG terrorists attack civilians in Syria’s Al-Hasakah The PKK's Syrian affiliate the People's Protection Units (YPG) opened fire on civilians who were protesting high taxes and oppression by the terrorist group in Al-Hasakah... More
Syrian Crisis 40 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in eastern Syria At least 40 people, mostly women and children, were killed Saturday by U.S.-led airstrikes on the last pocket held by Daesh terror group in eastern Syria, a war monitor and... More
Syrian Crisis Rights group urges Jordan to let aid into border camp The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) called on Jordan to allow the delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to Rukban refugee camp along its border with Syria. In... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime attack kills 23 in Idlib buffer zone Assad regime forces killed 22 opposition forces overnight near Idlib province, in the deadliest such attack in an area where a recent truce is to be enforced, a monitor said... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian tribes call for YPG boycott after assassination The killing of a local tribal leader in an alleged armed attack by the terrorist People's Protection Units (YPG) has risen tension in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. Following... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian regime wants new UN envoy to drop support for opposition Syrian regime said Sunday it will cooperate with new U.N. envoy Geir Pederson if he avoids the "methods" of his predecessor. Pedersen succeeds Staffan de Misutra, who steps... More
Syrian Crisis 14 civilians killed in US-led coalition strikes in Syria At least 14 civilians were killed Saturday in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Daesh terror group's last holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said. "Fourteen civilians,... More
Syrian Crisis First aid since January arrives in remote Syria camp A convoy of 78 trucks carrying life-saving assistance reached a remote camp for the displaced on Syria's border with Jordan on Saturday, where tens of thousands of people... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime shelling kills 10 in Idlib demilitarized zone At least 10 civilians were killed and dozens more injured Friday in attacks by the Assad regime and pro-regime terrorist groups in Syria's northwestern Idlib demilitarized... More
Turkey Thousands of disabled Syrians get prostheses in Turkey Some 6,500 Syrians, including children, got prosthetics in Turkey after losing their limbs in the Syrian civil war. In 2013, orthosis-prosthesis center was set up in southern... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian group creates database of Russian attacks on civilians A Syrian-led human rights group said Wednesday it has documented more than 1,400 incidents in which Russian forces indiscriminately targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure... More
War On Terror ‘Turkey to launch anti-terror ops east of Euphrates’ Preparations and planning for an offensive against the PKK's Syrian affiliate in northern Syria on the east of the Euphrates River are complete, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan... More
Diplomacy Four-nation summit on Syria ends in Istanbul The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany held talks on Syria at a Saturday summit in Istanbul, hoping to lay the groundwork for an eventual peace in a country devastated... More
Diplomacy Erdoğan holds bilateral meetings ahead of Syria summit President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in Istanbul ahead of the crucial summit on Syria, which... More

Syrian Crisis Car bomb kills 2 civilians, injures 20 in northern Syria’s Azaz A car bomb attack left at least two civilians dead and 20 others injured Wednesday in the northern Syrian border town of Azaz, which is controlled by the Turkish-backed Free... More
Syrian Crisis 'Assad regime seizing opponents' property' Assad regime has been using a little-known anti-terrorism law to seize property from dissidents and their families as it takes back control of areas that were held by opposition... More
Turkey Save women, children held in Assad’s prisons, NGOs say Several Turkish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) released a joint statement Monday calling on the international community to take action for the immediate release of... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian state media withdraws report of strikes on 'targets' near Damascus airport The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) issued a report on Sunday saying Assad regime air defenses had intercepted enemy targets around Damascus international airport,... More
Syrian Crisis 'Regime likely fired tear gas on civilians near Aleppo' The U.S. is accusing forces backed by the Assad regime and Russia of firing tear gas at civilians and falsely claiming it was an opposition chemical weapons attack. The... More
Diplomacy Turkish, US officials agree to continue Manbij road map Turkish and U.S. officials held the third meeting of the Turkey-U.S. working group on Syria on Friday, agreeing to continue the Manbij road map and underlining their commitment... More
Syrian Crisis 'Daesh executing civilians, cooperating with SDF' United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that the body had reports of Daesh executing people perceived as cooperating with the Syrian Democratic... More
Syrian Crisis Children suffering in Central African Republic 5 years on Children are bearing the brunt of five years of fighting in Central African Republic as thousands are trapped in armed groups, many suffer sexual violence, tens of thousands... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime shoots down 'hostile target' south of Damascus The Syrian regime air force shot down a "hostile target" that was flying over the town of Kiswah, south of the capital Damascus, state media said. Regime media quoted a... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime’s attacks on civilians in Idlib continue despite Sochi deal Bashar Assad's regime continues to target civilian settlements in Syria's Idlib amid ongoing violations of the Sochi agreement reached by Turkey and Russia to preserve the... More
Syrian Crisis Airstrikes hit northern Syria after Aleppo gas attack Russian warplanes attacked opposition-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks on Sunday, as Assad regime officials said more than 100 people were treated... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime, opposition swap detainees in Syria The Assad regime and opposition groups have swapped detainees in northern Syria, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, describing it as a first step to build confidence... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime attack kills 9 civilians in Syria's Idlib: monitor Syrian regime shelling killed nine civilians including seven children Saturday in the planned buffer zone around the country's last major rebel bastion, a monitor said. A... More
Syrian Crisis Prominent Syrian activists gunned down in Idlib Gunmen in Syria's opposition-held northwestern province of Idlib shot and killed on Friday two prominent anti-regime activists who were also a sharp critic of extremists,... More

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