TEHRAN (Iran News) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed Turkey’s military offensive in Syria and Northeast Syria Situation, in a phone call, Turkey’s presidency said. Turkey launched its cross-border offensive one month ago, saying it aimed to drive Kurdish forces from the border region and create a “safe zone” to settle […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his Turkish forces quit Syria until other countries pull out, insisting that Ankara will continue its cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northeastern parts of the Arab country until every one of them has left the region. Turkish army forces and militants of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), […]

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the United States is not fulfilling its pledge to Syria deal, in order to remove Kurdish militants from a Syrian border region and that he would raise the issue when he meets US President Donald Trump next week. Turkey launched an offensive in northeastern Syria on October 9 in […]

Joint patrols of Russia-Turkey started in northern Syria Friday to verify whether Kurdish forces have withdrawn from a key border zone in compliance with a deal reached between Ankara and Moscow. Iran News quotes AFP story. It follows an agreement they signed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi last week which gave Kurdish forces […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- The Syrian Army deployed a number of its troops in the Northern countryside of Hasaka province as part of its plan to counter Ankara aggression and defend the locals, further strengthening its military positions along the Syrian-Turkish Border. The Syrian government continued to deploy its forces to the Syrian-Turkish border after Kurdish […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Veteran Turkish politician says President Recep Tayyab Erdogan should hold direct talks with the Syrian government if he wants to resolve Turkey’s security concerns permanently. “We must ask ourselves that why Turkey is talking with the US and Russia [over the north Syria developments], but not with the Syrian government?” Dr. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey says Kurdish militants are withdrawing from the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn according to an agreement brokered with the United States, days after the Turkish army launched a cross-border offensive into northeastern Syria. “A convoy of approximately 55 vehicles entered Ras al-Ayn and a convoy of 86 vehicles departed […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss the deployment of Syrian forces in a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria during talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin next week. Turkey agreed with the United States on Thursday to pause its military offensive in northeastern Syria for five days while Kurdish […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced over 300,000 people, a report says. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that the rise in the number of people forced to flee was due to a fresh wave of displacement over […]