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Press Conference Held Following Trump-Erdoğan Meeting

Press Conference Held Following Trump-Erdoğan Meeting

US President Trump and President Erdoğan met in person for the first time yesterday. Following the meeting that lasted 20 minutes the two leaders held a press conference.

Russia Expresses Concern Over Turkey’s Offensives into Syria

Russia Expresses Concern Over Turkey’s Offensives into Syria

Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lavrov has declared that they are worried about the operations that Turkey launch against the YPG in northern Syria.

21 October 2016

Reactions from Syria, Kurds to Turkey’s Operation on YPG

Reactions from Syria, Kurds to Turkey’s Operation on YPG

YPG, Cizre Canton Democratic Self-Government and Revolutionary Forces have stated that Turkey has been bombing regions which had been liberated from ISIS and Syrian Army has added that it would hit Turkish jets if they violate the airspace again.

21 October 2016

President Erdoğan: Why do You Call al-Nusra Terror Organization?

President Erdoğan: Why do You Call al-Nusra Terror Organization?

President Erdoğan has said, “If the ones fighting DAİŞ [ISIS] are not a terror organization, then why do you call al-Nusra a terror organization? Al-Nusra as well fights DAİŞ”.

Rocket Launched on Kilis Wounds 3

Rocket Launched on Kilis Wounds 3

Three rockets were launched on Kilis this morning, wounding three people two of whom are police officers.

Rocket Launched on Kilis Drop in City Center

Rocket Launched on Kilis Drop in City Center

Another rocket was launched on Kilis today. The rocket hitting the city center wounded people.

Rocket on Kilis, Shell on Hatay Fired

Rocket on Kilis, Shell on Hatay Fired

A rocket has been launched on Kilis from ISIS-held territory in Syria, which has made it the seventh time. A shell was fired on Hatay again from the Syrian side; two killed, five wounded

Rocket Drops in Kilis Again

Rocket Drops in Kilis Again

Two rockets have been launched from Syria’s ISIS-held territory, left two wounded.

Kurtulmuş: We Warn All Forces Engaging with Proxy Wars

Kurtulmuş: We Warn All Forces Engaging with Proxy Wars

Vice Prime Minister Kurtulmuş said, “If a humanitarian solution is not found, a peace order satisfying everyone not established in Syria, the countries engaging with the proxy wars will directly become a party to the war”.

24 February 2016

Kerry Highlights Importance of Truce Agreement in Syria

Kerry Highlights Importance of Truce Agreement in Syria

US Secretary of State Kerry has expressed that partition of Syria could be part of plan B in case temporary truce is not actualized.

24 February 2016

Syria Accepts Truce Agreement of US, Russia

Syria Accepts Truce Agreement of US, Russia

Syria has agreed to cease the operations with the exception of ISIS and Al Nusra within the frame of the the truce agreement reached by US and Russia.

23 February 2016

Çavuşoğlu Urges US to Decide on PYD

Çavuşoğlu Urges US to Decide on PYD

Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has said, “The US has to make a decision, does it choose us or terror organizations as partner?”

9 February 2016

US: Will Keep Supporting PYD

US: Will Keep Supporting PYD

US Department of State Spokesperson Kirby has responded over Erdoğan’s question “Am I your partner or the terrorists in Kobani?” by stating that they did not consider PYD a terrorist group and will keep supporting it.

9 February 2016

Syrian Army Deployed in Aleppo, Refugees on Turkey Border

Syrian Army Deployed in Aleppo, Refugees on Turkey Border

Syrian army has cut off access roads of radical Islamist opponents in Turkey and Aleppo with the help of air support by Russia.

5 February 2016

'Our Future Uncertain, We Need to Know Rules and Rights'

SYRIANS PREFERRING TO LIVE IN İSTANBUL ON REFUGEE CONDITIONS

'Our Future Uncertain, We Need to Know Rules and Rights'

We have spoken in a trilingual bookstore in Fatih with two Syrians who have fled Syrian civil war and settled in İstanbul, on why they chose to live here, their issues and their expectations.

21 December 2015 Beyza Kural

“I was an Academic in Aleppo, Now Need Permission to Leave Urfa”

SYRIAN REFUGEE RANA SAFAA SAYAH

“I was an Academic in Aleppo, Now Need Permission to Leave Urfa”

Syrian refugee Safaa Sayah, coming to the panel as speaker in İstanbul by permission of Urfa Governorate is not allowed to leave the country, nor granted permission to carry out her academic duties in Turkey.

17 December 2015

Syrian Crisis Triggers Child Labor

Syrian Crisis Triggers Child Labor

More than three quarters of Syrian families’ children are working in order to contribute family budget.

FM Davutoğlu Defends Prohibition of Entry into Syrian Rebel Camp

FM Davutoğlu Defends Prohibition of Entry into Syrian Rebel Camp

After security forces denied opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp that hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern border province of Hatay, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu issued a statement defending the status of the camp as a forbidden zone.