In an announcement on Monday, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced that they have agreed to totally disarm and disband, aiming to end a multi-decade conflict with the Turkish government. Turkish President Erdogan praised the move, calling it a move toward...
As Israel continues to escalate its attacks across Syria, they are running into some resistance from Turkey. Turkey is reportedly frustrated with the growing Israeli strikes on Syria, and there was an incident over the weekend where two Turkish F-16 fighter jets were...
Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has reportedly expressed openness to normalizing relations with Israel under certain circumstances, ending decades of acrimony between the two neighboring states. Sharaa reportedly discussed the matter with Rep. Cory Mills (R – FL)...
Months of fighting over control of the Tishreen Dam in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate seems to be on hold now, according to reports from Kurdish officials, after Turkey agreed to mediated talks and a “provisional” halt to shelling the dam. Turkey and their allies in the...
The US military has started removing hundreds of troops from Syria but will leave over 1,000 in the country, at least for now, The New York Times reported on Thursday. US officials told the Times that the US was shuttering three of its eight bases in northeast Syria...
Pentagon officials have told their Israeli counterparts that the US will begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from Syria within two months, the Israeli news site Ynet reported on Tuesday. A senior Israeli official said that the US withdrawal could be partial,...
Though it hasn’t always been an easy process, the integration agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF continues to advance, and with SDF chief Mazloum Abdi meeting with a delegation over the weekend, it appears to be picking up steam. In recent...
There has been a lot of news surrounding Turkey and its allied militia, the self-described Syrian National Army (SNA), in Syria’s Aleppo District since the regime change back in December. Overwhelmingly, it has been SNA forces attacking Kurds in places like Manbij and...
Tensions between Israel and Turkey continue to soar after last week’s incident where Israel attacked the T4 air base in Tadmur, Syria, a base which Turkey was very open about planning to take over. Israel said the attacks on that base and others were “a message to...
After deadly attacks across central Syria on Wednesday killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens, Israel seems to be continuing to step up the pace of their aggression in the neighboring country, pounding the southern city of Nawa on Thursday, in attacks that have...
