Tears and hope as Syrians return home from Turkiye
Ala Jabeer cried as he prepared to cross from Turkiye into Syria with his 10-year-old daughter on Tuesday, thirteen years after the war forced him to flee his home, Reuters reports. He returns without...
View ArticleMayors in Turkiye municipalities launch campaigns to facilitate return of...
Mayors in some Turkish municipalities are launching campaigns to assist Syrian refugees in returning to Syria after the fall of the Assad regime, in a trend which has been criticised by some as...
View ArticleAfter Assad: the hard way out for Syrian refugees returning from Turkiye
The recent fall of Syrian dictator, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime has added new optimism and challenges to Syria’s prospects and the future of democracy. In Turkey, with close to 3.76 million Syrian...
View ArticleCeasefire agreed between Kurds and Syrian factions loyal to Turkiye
The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, announced on Wednesday that a ceasefire has been agreed after US mediation in the city of Manbij in northern Syria, where three days...
View ArticleErdogan mediates in Somalia-Ethiopia rift over Somaliland
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted separate meetings in Ankara yesterday with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, aiming to mediate between the...
View ArticleBlinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkiye clash in Syria
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in Turkiye on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the country between US-backed...
View ArticleGermany DM: Turkiye became ‘vital player’ in Syria
Turkiye has emerged as a more important player in Syria after the collapse of the Ba’ath regime led by deposed President Bashar Al-Assad, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said yesterday. In a...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: 4,000 amputations, 2,000 spinal, brain injuries in Gaza amid...
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, stated during a conference held to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza that...
View ArticleErdogan offers to mediate between UAE, Sudan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to resolve the dispute between the two parties, given the military support that the Rapid...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: 4,000 amputations, 2,000 spinal, brain injuries in Gaza amid...
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, stated during a conference held to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza that...
View ArticleTurkish foreign minister attends meeting on future of Syria in Jordan
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday participated in ministerial talks on the future of Syria after the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime. The Red Sea city of Aqaba in Jordan, which shares a...
View ArticleSyrians in Türkiye continue returning to their homeland after fall of Assad...
Syrians who sought refuge in Türkiye during the 13-year civil war in their homeland continue returning to Syria, following the fall of the decades-long Baath regime, Anadolu reports. After the...
View ArticleErdogan to visit Ethiopia and Somalia in early 2025 after landmark peace deal
Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Ethiopia and Somalia early next year after brokering a historic agreement to end nearly a year of tensions between the Horn of Africa countries....
View ArticleTurkiye to host 'Children in a Digital World Workshop' in collaboration with...
The Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services will host a “Children in a Digital World Workshop” on Tuesday, in collaboration with UNICEF, Anadolu Agency reports. The event aims to address the...
View ArticleTrump says Turkiye will hold 'key to Syria', hails relationship with Turkish...
US President-elect, Donald Trump, said Monday that he thinks Turkiye “is going to hold the key to Syria” after over five decades of Assad family rule abruptly came to an end this month, hailing his...
View ArticleTurkiye ready to provide military training to new Syria government if...
Turkiye’s Defence Minister has revealed that his government is ready to provide the new Syrian government with military training if it requests it, emphasising that the new authorities in the war-torn...
View ArticleTurkiye: We convinced Russia, Iran to avoid military intervention for Assad
Turkiye successfully convinced Russia and Iran not to intervene militarily in Syria during the Syrian opposition factions’ offensive, which led to the fall of Bashar Al-Assad, Turkish Foreign Minister...
View ArticleIran says president to make rare visit to Egypt for D-8 summit
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will make a rare visit to Egypt on Thursday to take part in a summit of large Muslim countries, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has announced. It will...
View ArticleSyrians in Turkiye continue to return home through border crossings
Syrians who sought refuge in Turkiye during the 13-year civil war are continuing to return home on Tuesday following the collapse of the 61-year Baath Party regime, Anadolu Agency reports. They are...
View ArticleUN refugee agency expects 1 million Syrians to return in six months
A UN refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking states to refrain from forcing them to do...
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