In 2020, Moscow backed off when Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan routed ethnic Armenian forces in the fighting over the breakaway ...

After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara -- which ...

Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse of the Syrian regime, but now they are on a collision ...

Turkey is committed to protecting all "aggrieved groups" in Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. "Regardless of whether they are a majority or minority in SyriaNu ...

The timing of the plan is crucial, coinciding with renewed hopes for an end to the PKK insurgency. On Saturday, two Turkish ...

Turkey’s efforts have resulted in mass displacement and ethnic cleansing along its border with Syria. The Syrian regime is propped up by Russia and Iran. Assad has been dramatically weakened ...

The ‘transitional’ administration at Damascus looks like it is going to stay a while — that’s good news if your last name is ...

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Turkey hosts some 3 million Syrian migrants ... we want a Syria where different ethnic and religious groups live in an inclusive understanding of governance and in peace. We want to see a new ...

insisted at the EC-Turkey Association Council on 16 April that Turkey should boost the rights of ethnic minorities. However, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ismail Cem, reiterated that Turkey does ...

The PKK has been engaged in an insurgency in southeast Turkey for decades, sometimes resorting to violence in its pursuit of more autonomy and rights for ethnic Kurds. Turkey, the U.S. and the ...

Kurdish politicians in Turkey expressed their satisfaction with ... The DEM Party suggested a transitional administration in which ethnic and religious groups in Syria would be represented and ...