The United States must prevent a Turkish-Sunni bloc from replacing the Iranian-Shia bloc as the regional troublemaker.

The continued presence of American troops in Syria is critical for ensuring the country’s stability and preventing the resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country, a former United States ...

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The Damascus leadership on Sunday censured the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) “calls for federalism,” saying they contradict the landmark agreement inked by Syria’s interim President ...

The statement put out by the conference said, “Based on historical responsibility and in response to the requirements of the ...

Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria are calling for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic ...

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Whatever ultimately happens, it’s already clear that any movement of Turkey’s S-400s over its southern border will be highly ...

During the meetings at the deputy foreign minister level, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov represented their respective countries ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that both parties underscored the importance of uniting international efforts to achieve sustainable normalization in Syria, while unwaveringly respecting its ...

President Donald Trump appears to want Turkey to play a bigger role in the region, despite its poor human rights record toward the Kurds and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-standing antipathy ...

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...