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

Turkey-Syria ties in spotlight as Assad meets Putin

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.

Turkish, Syrian foreign ministers' meeting looms ahead of elections

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE

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

Four Turkish troops wounded in attacks in Syria, Ankara says

By REUTERS

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022.

Turkey escalates against US-Kurdish alliance in Syria with drone strike

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A view shows semi collapsed buildings in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 15, 2023.

Dutch seismologist who 'predicted' Turkey earthquake foresees more

By MAARIV ONLINE , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An aerial view shows collapsed and damaged buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023.

6,600 foreigners, mostly Syrians, killed in Turkey’s earthquakes - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A view of a street damaged by the earthquake, in the rebel-held town of Harem, in Idlib governorate, Syria, February 14, 2023.

Israeli experts: $10b. needed to reinforce buildings before next big earthquake

By MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE