Euronews | Vivi VitalonewithNBC News World News: The Kurdish expression "No friends but the mountains" has become more painfully true in recent weeks. On Oct. 26, a U.S.-led raid killed the world's most wanted terrorist, the Islamic State group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, thanks to a Kurdish forces informant who was a spy in the terror group'sinner ...

Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Two weeks after the Oct. 9 start of Turkeys Operation Peace Spring in northeastern Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Sochi to discuss ways to resolve mutual concerns about the situation in Syria and how to stabilize it. At the end of their meeting on Oct. 22, the ...

The Wall Street Journal | David Gauthier-Villars: This tiny village in the northwestern corner of Syria became a refuge six months ago as thousands of families fled shelling by the government of President Bashar al-Assad and airstrikes by one of its main allies, Russia. Now, as Turkey seeks Moscows help to seize a strip of northeast Syria, the village ...

The Wall Street Journal | Ann M. Simmons: President Vladimir Putins new pact with Turkey expands Moscows role as a power broker in the Middle East, again showing his skill at building up Russias sway while weakening U.S. influence. This time, he secured a deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to shore up Turkeys efforts to establish ...

Al-Monitor - Iran has offered what seems to be a cautious welcome to the memorandum of understanding signed between Moscow and Ankara over the conflict in Syria's formerly Kurdish-controlled north. "The agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, aimed at ending the violence in northern Syria, is a positive step toward restoring ...

Tasnim The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey talked about the latest situation in northern Syria at a meeting in Baku. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu had a working breakfast in the Republic of Azerbaijans capital on Thursday morning. In the gathering, the two top diplomats discussed ...

RT | Fyodor Lukyanov: Let's factor all the official statements, political campaigns, personal relations and 'credit history' of the Syrian conflict out of the equation, and take a look at the current situation as seen by the main players on the ground. All players seem to be coordinating their moves quite well. The United States, in a bid to deliver ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry hailed the achievement of a deal between Turkey and Russia on halting military operations in northern Syria as a positive step, saying Tehran would welcome any initiative that preserves Syrias territorial integrity. In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi hailed the recent agreement between ...

Sputnik - According to various reports, Kurdish forces have been withdrawing from the 120-kilometre (75 miles) wide and 30-kilometre (20 miles) deep Turkey-proposed "safe zone" in north-eastern Syria. However, the situation on the ground is changing rapidly, international observers say, describing scenarios of further developments in the region. On ...

The Wall Street Journal | Gerald F. Seib: In the tortured history of U.S.-Iranian relations, no American leader has been as intent on making life difficult for Iran as has President Trump. He has exerted economic pressure, diplomatic pressure, even indirect military pressure. The great paradox of the moment, then, is thatMr. Trumps ...

Press TV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganmeets with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as a deadlinedraws near for Kurdish militants to withdraw from Syrias northern border areas near Turkey or face a renewed military offensive. The meeting is being held in Russias Black Sea resort of Sochi. The two leaders are expected to exchange ...

Tasnim Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated the countrys unwavering support for Syria and said the Islamic Republic will always support the security and stability of the Arab nation. The protection of Syrias territorial integrity has always been heeded by the Islamic Republic of Iran and from this viewpoint, it consults with other ...

Al-Monitor | Julian Pecquet: As Turkish troops fought Kurdish militants over the past week, a parallel but bloodless battle played out among Iran hawks in Washington over the wisdom of the US pullout from northeast Syria. Bipartisan condemnation of President Donald Trump's perceived green light to Ankara for its assault against former Kurdish US ...

Press TV - Iran has expressed opposition to Turkeyestablishing military bases inside Syria, calling on Ankara to respect the Arab country's territorial integrity. "The Turks can have bases on their own side of the border but establishing bases on Syrian soil is unacceptable and amounts to violating [the sovereignty] of a member of the United Nations,...

Press TV - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says all of the American troops pulling out of northeastern Syria will move to western Iraq. The US withdrawal continues apace from northeastern Syria... were talking weeks not days, Esper told reporters en route to the Middle East late on Saturday, noting that the process is being conducted via aircraft ...

Press TV - Turkey has agreed to end the military offensive in northern Syria after Kurdish fighters withdraw from a safe zone, US Vice President Mike Pence has said. Ankaras incursion "will be halted entirely on completion" of the withdrawal, Pence told reporters following more than five hours of negotiations between a US delegation and Turkish ...

Press TV - Turkey has accusedKurdish militants of violating a temporary truce in northern Syria even as a fragile ceasefire was reported to b holding. Ankara on Thursday agreed to pause its incursion into Syria for 120 hours while the US facilitates the withdrawal of Kurdish SDF militantsfrom a 20-mile safe zone along the Syrian-Turkish border. Reuters ...

Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Any number of players including Trump could undermine the plan negotiated by Erdogan and Pence. At first blush, it appears the five-day cease-fire in northeastern Syria puts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the catbird seat. If all goes according to the plan he worked out with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, he ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu late on Friday to discuss the latest regional issues, especially the developments in northern Syria. The phone conversation came after FM Zarif's consultations with the officials of other regional countries following Turkeys ...

Al-Monitor | Ben Caspit: Such a climate of gloom in Jerusalem ahead of a visit by a senior US official is unheard of. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the right-hand man of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus best friend President Donald Trump, announced his intention to arrive in Israel for a lightning stopover in the morning hours of Oct. 18, right ...