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A burnt vehicle is pictured after, what medical and security sources say, was targeted by a Turkish drone strike in the village of Tal Shaeer, Syria June 20, 2023.

Two journalists killed in Syria, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey says

By REUTERS
 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Syrian Kurdish commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish fighters to leave if total truce agreed with Turkey

By REUTERS
 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro last month. The writer asks: Could Erdogan leverage a friendly regime in Syria to position troops and weapons on Israel’s border?

Could Erdogan leverage Syria’s rebel victory to threaten Israel?

By NOA LAZIMI
 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2024.

Turkey's Erdogan hopes Syrian rebels will advance, but raises alarm about some fighters

By REUTERS
 A Syrian rebel holds his weapon as he stands near Nubl's city in Nubl, north of Aleppo, Syria December 2, 2024.

White House puts pressure on Turkey to restrain Syrian rebels

 Rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham drive along a street in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

Turkey-backed militias target Kurds amid Syrian regime’s collapse

 President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Turkey-Syria ties in spotlight as Assad meets Putin

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan July 4, 2024, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad attends the Arab League summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023.

Strengthening the front against Israel: Syria flirts with new Turkey ties

 Turkey-Syria border from Turkey's Hatay Province.

Turkey closes border with Syria in response to widespread violence

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gives a speech during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the killing of senior Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani in a US attack, in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2024.

Iran's President Raisi flies to Turkey for delayed Gaza talks

 Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023.

Turkey steps up strikes on militants as conflict escalates in Syria

By REUTERS
 A TURKISH soldier waves a flag on Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria, in January 2018

Turkey’s airstrikes go beyond ‘anti-terror’ campaign - analysis

 A Coalition convoy of US led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, November 22, 2018

How an anti-ISIS operation in Syria got bogged down in tribal politics - analysis

TURKEY-BACKED Syrian rebel fighters walk through a field of flowers in Idlib’s southern countryside, in Syria in April

Turkish-backed extremist groups in Syria sanctioned by US - analysis

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at the Presidential Palace after his victory in the second round of the presidential election, Ankara, Turkey, May 29, 2023.

Istanbul to oust unregistered Syrians by September

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with United Nations (UN) relief chief Martin Griffiths in Damascus, Syria in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on March 21, 2023

UN raises concerns over Syria aid route from Turkey, cites 'unacceptable issues'

By REUTERS
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters following his victory in the second round of the presidential election at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey May 29, 2023.

Turkey's democratic decline: Why jailed opposition head 'retired' from politics - analysis

 The son of a Syrian refugee Mohammed al-Kashif stands at the entrance of a tent, where Mohammed lives with his family on a public park ground, after his house collapsed due to the deadly earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey February 15, 2023.

Turkey's Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise

By REUTERS