Atlantic Council | Sina Azodi and Giorgio Cafiero: Iran has done much to buttress President Bashar al-Assads government throughout the Syrian civil war. Since the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Tehran has spent substantial blood and treasure to support its long-time strategic ally in the Middle East. Yet, although the Iranian military and its ...
Press TV - Russia and Turkey have begun jointlypatrolling the strategic M4 highway inSyria's embattled northwestern province ofIdlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month.
The patrols began from the settlement ofTronba in Idlib, the last militant stronghold inthe country, on Sunday.
According to the Russianmedia, Moscow sent militarypolice ...
Reuters - Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syrias Idlib region, their two leaders said after talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, standing next to his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, said he hoped their agreement would lead ...
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Ankaras defiant reaction to the Syrian armys advances in the northwestern province of Idlib has led the Syrian crisis toward one of its most critical phases in the past several years, pushing Ankara and Damascus to the verge of a full-scale war.
The latest round of escalation began Feb. 27, when at least 33 Turkish ...
RT | Mikhail Khodarenok: This is what the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone looks like right before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, scheduled for March 5.
There are currently five Turkish battalion task force teams operating in Idlib, consisting of 4,700 troops, 129 ...
IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Wednesday talked with his Russian Counterpart Sergey Lavrov over phone to examine avenue about the ongoing unrest in Idlib of Syria.
During the telephone conversation, both sides discussed on Astana peace process as well as mutual trade ties.
The top diplomats also reviewed the recent developments ...
The Wall Street Journal - After nine years of civil war, Syria doesnt get much attention these days. But a Russian-Syrian military offensive in Idlib province is a reminder that the broken countrys problems seldom stay within its borders.
In December the Russia-backed Assad regime began a push to retake Idlib, the countrys last opposition-held province....
MNA Senior member of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) believes Iran's proposal is not only a concrete demonstration of regional ownership but also a genuine opportunity for addressing the Syrian situation with a chance of success.
After suffering its worst casualties in years, Turkey openly declared awar against the Syrian government ...
Euronews | Chris Harris: Turkey triggered a fresh migrant crisis after saying it was unable to stop four million migrants on its territory from heading to Europe.
Here we explain the roots of the current crisis, its link with the conflict in Syria and why Turkey chose to act when it did.
Whats the background to the crisis?
Ankara opened the ...
TASS - The Turkish army has been targeting solely elements of the Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that neither Russia nor Iran are his countrys targets in Syria.
"Turkey does not take aim at either Russia or Iran in Syria. We are only destroying the elements ...
RT - The Syrian Army has allegedly lost over 2,500 troops as well as dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in numerous Turkish strikes, but this is just the beginning, as Turkey hasnt yet shown its true strength, Erdogan warned.
We are just beginning to show our true strength to those who see our sensitivity as [the unwillingness] to shed blood, ...
Press TV - An Iranian military advisory center in Syria has urged Turkey against further escalation of its aggression against the Arab country, reminding Ankara that it has so far refrained from responding to Turkish attacks.
In a statement published by most Iranian news agencies Sunday, the center said it demands that the Turkish forces behavewisely,...
Bloomberg - Turkey shot down two Syrian SU-24 warplanes and destroyed three Syrian air defense systems, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The jets were shot down as they attempted to attack Turkish planes, the ministry said, without giving further details. Turkey bombed Syrian air defense systems after they downed one Turkish ...
SANA - SANAs reporter said that Syrian Arab Army units on Sunday downed a drone for the Turkish regime over Saraqeb in Idleb southeastern countryside.
The reporter dismissed what has been circulated by some media outlets on downing a Syrian warplane, affirming that what was downed is a Turkish drone that entered the Syrian airspace.
Syrian Arab ...
Press TV - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says people should be protected and terrorists should be eliminated in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as tensions between Turkey and Syria have soared to a dramatic level after dozens of Turkish troops were killed in air raids in the region.
"The situation in Idlib is very complicated, considering ...
Press TV - Iran has called for an urgent containment of the chaotic situation in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib amid territorial gains made by Syrian government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in their last major bastion in the country.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran ...
RT | Scott Ritter:Under the 2018 Sochi agreement, Turkey was supposed to disarm and disassociate itself from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Its failure to do so has sown the seeds of Turkeys inevitable defeat in Syria.
When Turkey threw its weight behind the anti-Assad rebellion in 2011, it did so believing that it would be able ...
Euronews - Turkey will hit back against regime forces anywhere in Syria if more Turkish soldiers come under attack.
Those are the words of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an - who vowed to push the Russian-backed Syrian military out of Idlib by the end of the month. The northwestern province is protected by the Sochi de-escalation pact but more than ...
Euronews | Kristina Jovanovski and Saphora Smith and Ammar Cheikh Omar withNBC News World News: The nearly nine-year-long Syrian civil war has faded from headlines amid competing international tensions and crises, but a renewed push by government forces has prompted aid groups to raise the alarm about the "staggering exodus" of people from the country's ...
Press TV - Turkey has further reinforced its troops in Syrias Idlib province, ratcheting up fears of a large-scale confrontation with Syrian government forces, as officials from Turkey and Russia met in Ankara to discuss the fighting.
Ankara sent hundreds of military vehicles on Saturday into Syrias northwestern Idlib province, witnesses said, after ...
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