Jan 27, 2021
Turkish Militias and Proxies
By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Expert on modern Turkey and Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds Erdoğan has created a private military and…
Nov 14, 2019
U.S. ‘still partnering with the Kurds in Syria’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that the United States military pullback from the Syrian border city of Kobani should take “another week or so” to complete, as the…
Nov 07, 2019
Kurdish collapse in Syria ‘dangerous’ for Israel
"Israel indeed has a salient interest in preserving the strength of the Kurds and the additional minorities in the north Syria area.” This, according to Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi…
Nov 07, 2019
Turkish & Russian patrols met with civil resistance
Russian and Turkish forces are facing repeated incidents of resistance along their 72-kilometer (just under 45 miles) patrol routes of a corridor in northern Syria. A video released by Syria’s…
Nov 05, 2019
Erdogan: ‘safe zone not cleared from terrorists yet’
Turkish and Russian troops began their second joint ground patrol in armored vehicles near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, under a deal that has forced the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic…
Oct 31, 2019
Turkey to ‘retaliate severely & widen safe zone if necessary’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that despite Russian conformation of a complete Kurdish withdrawal from the so-called safe zone along northern Syria, continued attacks against Turkish forces indicate that the…
Oct 30, 2019
Following Kurdish pullout, Turkey to end Syria offensive
Moscow announced that Kurdish forces had withdrawn from a safe-zone near the north-eastern Syrian border with Turkey, ahead of the agreed-upon schedule. During a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in…
Oct 25, 2019
Ceasefire breached: fighting in Syria erupts
Clashes erupted in several villages in Syria’s Turkish-envisioned northeastern “safe zone.” Five Turkish soldiers and numerous militants of the Ankara-backed Syrian paramilitary forces were reportedly wounded in heavy exchanges of…
Oct 24, 2019
Turkish army to remain in declared Syrian “safe zone”
The Turkish military operation, dubbed by Ankara “Peace Spring” will not expand beyond the so-called “safe zone,” effectively bringing the wide-scale hostilities in northeast Syria to an end. Turkish Defense…
Oct 23, 2019
Turkey & Russia adopt joint memorandum on northern Syria
Turkey and Russia have adopted a joint memorandum on the situation in northern Syria, after an extensive six-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip…