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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Syria-Turkey relations

This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Foreign Ministry press service on May 24, 2025, shows US Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack (L) shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) during a meeting in Istanbul. (Handout / Turkish Foreign Ministry, AFP)
May 24, 2025, 10:01 pm
Syrian leader hailed by US envoy for moves on ‘relations with Israel,’ foreign fighters
Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Thomas Barrack in Turkey, is also hosted by Erdogan, amid reports he kicked Palestinian factions out of Syria as part of US conditions for lifting sanctions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa during a joint press conference following their meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP/Francisco Seco)
April 11, 2025, 6:47 am
Israel will need to get used to Turkey’s growing footprint in Syria
Post-Assad Syria needs a strong country to help it out of the chaos, and Turkey wants in; with America backing Erdogan, there’s little Israel can do beyond insisting on red lines
By Nurit Yohanan
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at the Israeli embassy after his meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, April 3, 2025, in Paris. (AP/Nicolas Garriga)
April 3, 2025, 3:26 pm
Sa’ar: Israel could end Gaza war ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees hostages, exits Strip
Foreign minister also says both Jerusalem and Paris interested in stable Lebanon, preventing Iran from acquiring nukes, after meeting French counterpart in Paris
By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa during their meeting at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
February 4, 2025, 7:42 pm
Syria’s interim leader holds talks with key ally Turkey on second trip abroad
Ahmed al-Sharaa welcomed in low-key ceremony, meets President Erdogan; talks said to focus on Syrian economic recovery, security and stability
By Suzan Fraser
(L) This handout picture provided by the media office of Syria's transitional government shows interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on February 2, 2025 ( Syria's Transitional Government / AFP) (R) Turkey's President Recep Tayyip in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)
February 4, 2025, 12:45 pm
Sharaa to discuss defense pact, Turkish bases in Syria with Erdogan
Ankara said to seek air bases in central Syrian desert as it seeks to replace Iran as the main power in the war-ravaged country after fall of Assad
By Reuters
People walk along a market alley in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on January 18, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
January 19, 2025, 4:18 pm
Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned since Assad regime fell, UN says
Hundreds of thousands more came back earlier in 2024 from Lebanon, fleeing Israel-Hezbollah conflict; Turkey allowing 3 round trips per refugee family to prepare for resettlement
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
December 23, 2024, 6:15 am
Syria’s new leader says all weapons in country will come under ‘state control’
Ahmed al-Sharaa meets in Damascus with Turkish top diplomat and Lebanese Druze leader, vowing to end ‘negative interference in Lebanon
By AFP and ToI Staff
Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-Russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on December 9, 2024. (Delil souleiman / AFP)
December 22, 2024, 12:07 pm
As Turkey moves in following Assad’s fall, Syria’s Kurds are on the defensive
After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara — which views Kurdish factions as a national security threat
By Orhan Qereman, TOM PERRY and Tuvan Gumrukcu
In this handout picture released by the Iranian presidential office, heads of state and delegates pose for a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo, on December 19, 2024. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 11:01 pm
At Cairo summit, Muslim leaders envision Syria free of ethnic tensions, and of Israel
At D-8 conference of Muslim nations, Iran’s Pezeshkian blames Israel for regional turmoil, PA’s Abbas demands Jerusalem be ‘held accountable and punished’ for actions across region
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syrian families arrive to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near the town of Antakya, southern Turkey, December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)
December 9, 2024, 5:08 pm
Throngs of Syrian refugees start returning from Turkey, Lebanon after Assad’s fall
People express joy over end of brutal regime, as Turkish officials hope many will return home; Germany and Austria suspend Syrian asylum requests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People gather to celebrate the Syrian government fall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
December 8, 2024, 7:57 pm
Where Turkey stands after Assad regime falls to Syrian opposition
Turkey’s longstanding and complicated ties with the different opposition factions make them the key player going forward in Syria’s transition, but Ankara’s direction is murky
By Susan Fraser and andrew wilks
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, October 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)
July 7, 2024, 5:00 pm
Erdogan says Turkey may invite Syria’s Assad ‘at any moment’ as ties appear to thaw
Relations between countries froze when Ankara tried to topple Assad at start of Syrian civil war; Erdogan says Putin urged meeting amid a rise in violence against Syrian migrants
By Fulya Ozerkan
Kurdish forces withdraw past Russian forces in an area near the Turkish border with Syria near the town of Amuda, October 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
June 12, 2023, 2:50 pm
Turkish shelling in north Syria said to kill Russian soldier, wound others
Incident comes a day after violence between US-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops left several Kurds dead
By AP
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabollahian, left, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, second right, and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu pose for a photo prior to their talks in Moscow, May 10, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
May 10, 2023, 4:33 pm
Russia and Iran broker Turkey-Syria rapprochement talks in Moscow
Meeting marks highest-level contact between Ankara and Damascus in more than a decade, shortly after Arab League voted to reinstate Syria and as Erdogan faces upcoming election
By AP
In this photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2023. (Syrian Presidency via AP)
April 26, 2023, 10:43 am
As Assad restores relations with Arab states, Syrians divided by hope, fear
In government-held territory, residents hope rapprochement will bring trade and investment, while in opposition-held areas locals feel increasingly isolated and abandoned
By ABBY SEWELL
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