Turkey, Britain and ​the U.S. last year threw their backing behind Sharaa to try to reunite and rebuild his country of 26 million. London and Washington have scrapped most sanctions ​on Syria and on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist ⁠group he once led.

Syria and Turkey discussed developing partnership in training and qualification fields and preparing trainers, and coordinating

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People sit together near Turkish flags and Syrian flags in the city of Azaz, Syria, May 15, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI) Deploying radars in Syrian territory would harm ...

ISTANBUL, Feb ⁠18 (Reuters) - ⁠Turkish President ⁠Tayyip Erdogan said ​he is pleased ‌to see steps ‌taken ⁠in ⁠neighbouring Syria to integrate the ​Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into ​state structures, after a ⁠U.S.-backed ceasefire ⁠deal ⁠late last ​month between the sides.

Turkey has reportedly agreed to supply the Syrian regime with military equipment in exchange for Damascus allowing Ankara to target Kurdish militant groups on Syrian soil, anonymous Turkish officials told Bloomberg on Friday. The supply of weapons will ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive. Ankara has long viewed armed groups led by Kurds — an ethnic minority with ...

ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey sees an integration deal between Syria's government and Kurdish forces there as an "historic turning point", ahead of which the ‌Turkish intelligence agency played an intensive role to ensure restraint by parties ...

By Jonathan Spicer, Feras Dalatey and Jonathan Saul ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS/LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Turkey’s intelligence agency asked its British counterpart MI6 last month to take a larger role in protecting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after recent assassination plots,