US Removes $10 Million Bounty on HTS LeaderThe US is removing the $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants in Syria
Ayatollah Khamenei: Israel Will Be EliminatedLeader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei stated that the Zionist regime is destined for eradication as long as the spirit of resistance endures
Iran Condemns US and EU3 for Violating JCPOAIran’s UN ambassador criticized the US and the European troika for not honoring their obligations under the JCPOA and UNSC Resolution 2231
Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch, and Peace Spring, Turkey over the past four years managed to occupy parts of Syria’s north. Its long-term plan is to change the demographic makeup of these parts to confront the “threats” by the Syrian Kurdish forces, labeled terrorists by Ankara. To ...
Euphrates Shield in two phases and in 2018 launched Operation Olive Branch, seizing Afrin, Al-Bab, Jarabulus, and Azaz, towns with a Kurdish majority. In 2019, Ankara launched Operation Peace Spring. The US did not help Kurds counter the Turkish advancement. Now some analysts suggest that the aspira ...
Euphrates Shield transferred the bodies to Reyhanli town of Turkey near the border with Syria. There are claims that the terrorists sell body organs of the deceased Syrian Kurds in the trafficking markets.
Human rights violations and Afrin demographic change
Crimes in Afrin are not lim ...
Euphrates Shield, including in the city of Jarabulus in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. Most of the areas controlled by the PKK and its minion militias in the region have been targeted by Ankara. This persuades many observers to evaluate the Turkish government's approach as neo-Ottomanis ...
Euphrates Shield. On January 20, 2018, the Turkish army occupied the canton of Afrin in northwestern Syria as part of Operation Olive Branch. In the third wave of its occupation, on October 9, 2019, the Turkish army launched Operation Peace Spring to occupy areas east of the Euphrates River. There i ...
Euphrates Shield, the Olive Branch and the Peace Spring, Turkey occupied parts of northern Syria. In the new conditions, however, evidence suggests that Ankara has pursued a policy of de-escalation towards Syria by re-establishing links to the legitimate government in Damascus. What are the main dri ...
Euphrates region, and he will probably postpone the final decision until later in these meetings.
But what is motivating Erdogan to start a new military campaign in Syria’s north?
Why is Erdogan planning new encroachment?
There are three hypotheses that can explain the motivation driving Er ...
Euphrates Shield to capture the west of the Euphrates.
With the crisis winding down and new variables imposing themselves on the relations among regional states, Syria's opponents, like Turkey and Arab countries, creep on to dialogue with Syrian central government. Recently, a Syrian army ...
Euphrates Shield to pushing to complete the safe corridor
The Turkish new plan is mainly meant to realize the long-held dream of establishing a safe zone with Syria. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the Turkish officials have been pushing for a 30-kilometer-deep and 822-kilom ...
Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch, seizing around 4,000 kilometers of the Syrian territories including the important cities of Azaz, Afrin, Al-Bab, and Jarabulus.
From October 9 to November 25, 2019, Turkey launched an offensive, codenamed Operation Peace Spring, to push back the US-backed Ku ...