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[OPINION] Another ticking time bomb in Syria: The SDF’s uncertain future

Ömer Murat* The fragile peace in Syria nearly collapsed last week when violent clashes erupted in Suwayda in the south of the country. The escalation...

Turkish court keeps 13 in pretrial detention as indictment filed over protest in support of jailed mayor

A Turkish court has ordered the continued pretrial detention of 13 young protesters who were detained during a demonstration earlier this month in support...

Russia expects ‘difficult’ talks with Ukraine in İstanbul

Russia said that it expected talks with Ukraine later on Wednesday in İstanbul to be "difficult," downplaying expectations of a breakthrough at a meeting...

Anti-government religious foundation’s Ankara offices sealed over alleged illegal activities

Turkish authorities have sealed the Ankara headquarters and three local offices of the anti-government Furkan Foundation, a religious group, over allegations of operating unauthorized...

Turkey warns of intervention in Syria if groups seek partition, accuses Israel of sowing instability

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Tuesday that Turkey would consider any attempt to partition Syria by force a direct national security threat...

Turkey-linked arms shipment seized by forces of breakaway Somali region of Puntland

Authorities in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia that no longer recognizes the legitimacy of the federal government in Mogadishu, have intercepted a...

Turkey’s far-right leader sparks controversy by proposing Kurdish, Alevi vice presidents

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sparked a political controversy...

Erdoğan says Gazans must not die for a ‘bite of bread’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday warned that it would be unacceptable for Palestinians to die for want of a "bite of bread...

Turkish MP reveals plight of female cadets serving life sentences on coup charges

Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawyer and independent member of the Turkish Parliament, has revealed the plight of three female former air force cadets who have been...

Turkey, Greece trade barbs over new Greek marine parks in Ionian and Aegean seas

Greece and Turkey have exchanged sharp words over Athens’ decision to create two major marine protected areas in the Ionian Sea and southern Aegean,...

Turkish security units helped Syrian president survive 3 assassination attempts: Israeli media

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has been the target of three assassination attempts since taking office in January, all of which have been thwarted...

Kurdish farmers return to mountains in peace as PKK tensions calm

Deep in the mountains of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, bordering Iran and Iraq, Kurdish livestock owners and farmers have gradually returned with their animals...

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