Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

It was reported that Ankara was planning to train the Syrian army, and two Turkish military bases were allegedly expected to be set up in Syria for that purpose ...

Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a ...

Turkey’s deepening ties with Syria could shift regional power dynamics, impacting Israel, Iran, and NATO while strengthening ...

Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the ...

The discussions in Ankara will include establishing Turkish airbases in central Syria and training for Syria's new army.

The families of hostages freed from Gaza over the weekend described difficult conditions — including rarely seeing the sun — ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

What this all adds up to is that Turkey’s power plays in the Mediterranean are picking up steam. With Russia bogged down in Ukraine, Iranian influence deflated in Syria, and the EU characteristically ...

backed by Russia and Iran, by jihadists led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Turkey directly supports its proxy force, the Syrian National Army (SNA), against Kurdish forces (YPG ...