Turkey considers SDF Kurdish forces in Syria a terrorist group U.S. backed the SDF as an ally in fight against Islamic State Deal with Syrian govt sees SDF institutions integrating Ankara looking ...

“To put it plainly, establishing European security in the absence of [Turkey] is inconceivable,” Erdogan said. “We expect our European friends to face this reality and move forward with our ...

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About a year into his job as Turkey’s spymaster, Hakan Fidan was dispatched to Damascus to persuade Syrian president Bashar al-Assad not to crush the peaceful protests spreading across his regime.

(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File) Kurdish women dance during the Newroz celebrations marking the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) The ...