The scale of the Israeli strikes echoed a similar wave of attacks in southern Lebanon in September that destroyed a significant quantity of Hezbollah’s missile stocks.
The post Israel says its air strikes destroyed most of Syria’s strategic weapo…
The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?
Turkey gave approval for the offensive and now appears to be Syria’s most powerful external player, with troops on the ground and access to the rebel leaders.
Across the region and beyond, POLITICO assesses the prospects of key players after the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
Was the astonishing implosion of Bashar Assadโs regime exclusively the result of its rottenness or did elements inside his government coordinate with rebels?
As the rebels pressed their offensive, Russia and Jordan on Friday urged their nationals to leave Syria.
The insurgents are a coalition of Turkey-backed mainstream secular armed groups along with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist group.
The insurgents are a coalition of Turkey-backed mainstream secular armed groups along with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist group.
Imprisoned militia chief Abdullah รcalan set for dramatic return to the political stage.
Airstrikes launched against suspected Kurdish militant targets after PKK blamed for Tusaล attackTurkey has launched airstrikes against suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq after blaming the Kurdistan Workersโ party (PKK) for a deadly at…
We break down the 20 figures inside and outside government shaping Labourโs tech policy.
As attacks on the press rise, the House of Critical Voices offers sanctuary for media workers exposing abusesWith its nuclear bunker, textured walls and Bauhaus furniture, the former training school for combat troops might not look like a hotel, but fo…
A jailed Kurdish leader and a Turkish writer on the other side of the bars have used their penpal exchanges to write one of Turkey’s highest-selling books.
A sexually candid, seriously intentioned drama about a young Kurdish woman who feels she has to surgically โrestoreโ her virginity before her weddingThere is a heartfelt and courageous performance from 28-year-old Syrian-born, German-based actor Bayan …
Turkish authorities on Tuesday (2 April) prevented the newly elected mayor of a pro-Kurdish party taking up his post and announced a re-run vote in another district where President Recep Tayyip Erdoฤanโs party lost, prompting legal challenges and oppos…
Turks dealt President Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday (31 March) in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoฤlu as the president’s ch…
Turks vote on Sunday (31 March) in nationwide municipal elections focused on President Tayyip Erdoฤan’s bid to reclaim control of Istanbul from major rival Ekrem Imamoฤlu, who aims to reassert the opposition as a political force after bitter election d…
Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowd, according to media reports.
Swedenโs sizeable Kurdish population sees signs of rising repression after Turkey demanded action as price of Nato admissionWhen Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan finally signed off on Swedenโs accession to Nato late last month, there were sighs of relief from Stoc…
The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday (26 December) in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after 19 months of delays in which Ankara demanded security-related concessions from Sto…
Turkey said on Monday (25 December) its air force “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in strikes in Syria and northern Iraq in response to the killing of soldiers at the weekend, while authorities also detained dozens of pro-Kurdish opposition activists.
Turkey froze the local assets of 20 organisations and 62 individuals based in various European countries, Australia and Japan, citing alleged ties with Kurdish militant group PKK, a decision published in the Official Gazette showed on Wednesday (29 Nov…
The United States on Thursday (5 October) shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an aircraft of NATO ally Turkey.
Turkish jets launched air strikes inside Iraqi Kurdistan late Sunday (1 October), after a blast earlier the same day injured two police officers near the parliament building in Ankara.
