Turkey’s recent military operations in Syria highlight the tightrope Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is walking between East and West — and especially between his NATO partners and Russia, writes Margaret Evans. CBC | World News
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Russia, Turkey hammer out details on joint patrols, ceasefire in Syria
Turkey and Russia have agreed on the details of a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib region after four days of talks in Ankara, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday, adding that joint patrols along a key highway will begin on Sunday as planned. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of migrants mass at Greek border, more flee Syria
The UN says at least 13,000 people were massed on Turkey’s land border with Greece, hoping to head into the European Union. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia sends warships to Syria, blames Ankara for deaths of Turkish troops
Russia on Friday said it was sending two warships armed with cruise missiles to waters off the Syrian coast and blamed Ankara for the deaths of 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib region the previous day. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 16 killed by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria war monitor says
Airstrikes on rebel-controlled northwestern Syrian killed at least 16 people Tuesday, including two students and two teachers, opposition activists said, as government forces closed in on a town considered a symbol of the uprising against President Bashar Assad. CBC | World News
Read More »What you need to know about the recent escalation of war and humanitarian crisis in Syria
Syrian troops backed by Russian forces have been battling since December to eradicate the last rebel strongholds in the region in a war that has killed an estimated 400,000 Syrians and left much of Syria in ruins. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish offensive in northern Syria only ‘a matter of time,’ Erdogan says
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan says a Turkish military operation to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebel strongholds in northwest Syria is now only “a matter of time” after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault. CBC | World News
Read More »Civilians fleeing, dying as UN charges Syria and Russia are deliberately targeting them
Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the United Nations said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. steps up warnings to Russia over actions in Syria
The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of an agreement and was also helping escalate the conflict in the northwestern province of Idlib. CBC | World News
Read More »Residents of northwestern Syria flee from government forces’ new offensive
Syrian government forces pressed ahead Monday with a new military assault on the country’s last rebel stronghold that began last week, an offensive that has set off a mass exodus of civilians fleeing to safer areas near the Turkish border. CBC | World News
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