Dozens of Turkish soldiers killed by Syrian forces as fighting intensifies

At least 29 killed in Idlib air strike, adding to several dead in earlier attacks; Ankara responds with bombing campaign against ‘all known’ Syrian targets By AP Today, 1:46 am   BEIRUT — More than two dozen Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces in northeast Syria, a Turkish official […]

Turkey in social media BLACKOUT amid fears of all-out war in Syria

27 Feb, 2020 23:22 ©  Global Look Press / ZUMAPRESS.com / Jaap Arriens Social media platforms across Turkey winked out after reports of an airstrike in Syria killing dozens of Turkish soldiers fueled rumors of an all-out war. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and YouTube were all reported down. Twitter was the first to go, with […]

Putin Not Currently Planning Talks With Erdogan in Istanbul on 5 March – Kremlin

Middle East 10:03 GMT 27.02.2020Get short URL 2212 MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Erdogan said on Wednesday that he was most likely to discuss the developments in Syria’s Idlib with Putin on 5 March in Istanbul. Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to pay a visit to Istanbul on 5 March and hold talks with […]

Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters on Thursday retook a key northwestern town in Syria that was recently captured by government forces, and cut the highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo. The development comes days after the government reopened the road for traffic for the first time since 2012. […]

Erdogan wants to meet with Putin for Syria talks no later than March 5

 Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:01:36 AM Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Syria no later than March 5, Anadolu agency reports, citing Erdogan. “We agreed to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at worst on March 5,” Erdogan said. According to him, the […]

The Massive, but Reversible, Defeats of Iran and Turkey

Caroline B. Glick29 Shevat 5780 – February 24, 2020   From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow     {Reposted from the JNS website} With our attention focused on other things—Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Israeli Prime […]

Turkey continues armored build-up for Idlib

Turkey has concentrated hundreds of armored vehicles in Idlib province to try to slow-down a Russian-backed Syrian regime offensive. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 22, 2020 14:48 Turkey has concentrated hundreds of armored vehicles in Idlib province to try to slow-down a Russian-backed Syrian regime offensive. New photos on Saturday showed Leopard tanks and a T-300 […]

Turkey And Russia Fight It Out: Is This The End Of The Road For Erdogan?

Developments in Syria’s northern Idlib region have put Turkey’s President in a tight corner, perhaps the tightest since he first hijacked state power ten or more years ago. Upwards of a million refugees, purged by Assadist forces operating under Russian air support, are stumbling northwards toward the Turkish border. The border is closed. But you […]

Syrian bomb kills 16th Turkish troop in Idlib this month

Turkish forces retaliated and destroyed 21 “regime targets”, the ministry said, adding the soldier was a tank mechanic who died while being transferred to the hospital. REUTERS ISTANBUL – A Turkish soldier was killed in Syria’s Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russian-backed government forces, the defence ministry said on Saturday, Turkey’s 16th military […]

Syrian news agency shares footage of Russian strike on Turkish military

Syria’s official state news agency SANA has shared video footage of what appeared to be Russian jets striking four tanks that belonged to the Turkish army. Turkish defence ministry on Thursday had announced that two soldiers had died in an airstrike of unspecified origin in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, while another five soldiers had been […]

Syrian news agency shares footage of Russian strike on Turkish military

Syria’s official state news agency SANA has shared video footage of what appeared to be Russian jets striking four tanks that belonged to the Turkish army. Turkish defence ministry on Thursday had announced that two soldiers had died in an airstrike of unspecified origin in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, while another five soldiers had been […]

Turkey should bomb Damascus

Tom Rogan  | February 21, 2020 10:45 AM Having lost two more soldiers to Syrian airstrikes on Thursday, Turkey should retaliate by striking regime targets in Damascus. While an operation against the Syrian capital would attract Bashar Assad’s fury, it would send a clear message to the dictator and his Russian allies. And from a […]

The Meaning and End of Turkey-Russia Cooperation in Syria Friday, February 21, 2020

Friday, February 21, 2020 The Turkey-Russia relationship is in the midst of a major reset. The outbreak of hostilities in Syria’s Idlib province has left 13 Turkish soldiers dead and seven Turkish military posts under siege by Russian-backed Syrian government forces. Prior policy convergences between Turkey and Russia had raised speculation about the prospect of […]

Turkey requests US Patriot missile system to stop Russia in Idlib: report

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