concerns relating to refugees and internally displaced people, and the implications for Syrians and foreigners detained in the region for alleged links to the Islamic State (ISIS). Turkey’s planned incursion would be its fourth into northern Syria since 2016. Previous incursionshave been fraughtwi...
The U.N.'s World Food Program has also worked for years to help refugees and others displaced by conflict in the earthquake zone, and it said resources were already being mobilized for quake survivors in Syria. You cansupport WFP's work by clicking here. The U.N.'s children's agency, ...
Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria are searching through the frigid night, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble.
"I think that one day a conflict is inevitable in northern Syria between the Turkish armed forces and the People's Protection Units (YPG) because the ground is ripe for such a confrontation," Metin Gurcan, a security analyst, told Xinhua. ...
Also, the Turkish government is at odds not only with Russia, but also with leading regional actors such as Greece, Egypt, Israel and Syria. Has also indicated that although it is unlikely to see a direct confrontation between Turkish and Russian soldiers in the North African country, the agr...
A combat unit armed with tanks would be sent in to help about 200 lightly armed troops who are staying in Syria to protect the oil fields
"We're very much alarmed by the reports that we saw of clashes between Syrian government troops and Turkish forces in northwest Syria," Dujarric said. "This escalation underscores once again the threat to regional and international peace and security caused by the ongoing conflict in Syria." ...
Interior Minister Efkan Ala, in an interview with state media, said “we are working together with coalition and moderate opposition. Turkey will not allow terrorist organizations next to us to threaten Turkey. What is indispensable for Turkey is the territorial unity of Syria.” Meanwhile, US Vi...
“Children in Syria continue to face one of the most complex humanitarian situations in the world. A worsening economic crisis, continued localized hostilities after more than a decade of grinding conflict, mass displacement and devastated public infrastructure have left two-thirds of the population in...
The town of Saraqeb sits at the intersection of two major highways, one linking the Syrian capital Damascus to the north and the other connecting the country' west and east. It administratively belongs to the Idlib Governorate, which is at the center of the conflict between Syria and Turkey....