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Turkish offensive in Syria

In this November 1, 2019 file photo, Turkish and Russian soldiers patrol near the town of Darbasiyah, Syria. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
March 5, 2020, 10:44 pm
Russia, Turkey announce ceasefire in northwestern Syria
Agreement sees end to hostilities beginning at midnight along existing battle lines, as well as joint patrols to stem bloodshed in war-torn Idlib province
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Suzan Fraser
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, sits by French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference following a summit on Syria, in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
November 29, 2019, 6:48 pm
Erdogan attacks Macron as ‘brain dead’ after French leader’s Syria criticism
Turkish leader lashes out at France’s president, calls him ‘a novice’; Macron’s office says Turkish envoy in Paris will be summoned to answer for ‘insults’
By AFP
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence arrive with turkey to serve to troops at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. The visit is Pence’s first to Iraq and comes nearly one year since President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 23, 2019, 6:05 pm
Pence makes surprise Iraq trip to reassure Kurds, greet troops
US vice president stays out of Baghdad for security reasons, speaks to Iraqi PM by phone after he declines to visit him on military base
By Zeke Miller
Russian military police take part in a joint Turkish-Russian army patrol near the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, along the Syria-Turkey border, November 11, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
November 14, 2019, 5:01 pm
Russia bolsters new Syria base on Turkish border
Helicopters moved to airport in northeastern city of Qamishli as Russian military grows its presence in area after US withdrawal
By AFP
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
November 14, 2019, 5:38 am
At White House meeting, Trump dodges US-Turkey row, says he’s a ‘fan’ of Erdogan
US president avoids sensitive issues, including Turkish offensive against US-allied Kurdish forces or Ankara’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles
By Sebastian Smith
A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces of Asayesh flashes the V for victory sign during a demonstartion against Turkish threats in the northeastern city of Qamishli, the de-facto capital of Syria's embattled Kurdish minority, on November 2, 2019. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
November 7, 2019, 2:59 am
Israeli official: Jerusalem providing aid to Kurds since US pullout in Syria
‘We are proud of our taking a stand alongside the Kurdish people,’ says Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely, adding the Kurds provide a bulwark against spread of Iranian influence in area
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Syrian soldier mans a position in the countryside of the city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, along the border with Turkey on November 3, 2019. (AFP)
November 4, 2019, 5:28 am
Foreign member of medic team killed in Syria’s northeast
Zau Seng, from Myanmar, hit during shelling by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, was part of multiethnic humanitarian group working in area
By Bassam Mroue
Turkish soldiers at a position east of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-AIn watch as a tank fires on positions held by fighters from the Syrian Democratic Army (SDF) on October 28, 2019. (Nazeer Al-khatib / AFP)
October 29, 2019, 3:27 pm
Syrian, Turkish forces exchange fire in first border zone clash
War monitor reports heavy fighting near border town of Ras al-Ayn after Kurdish fighters forced to retreat by US military withdrawal
By AFP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following their talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi on October 22, 2019. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool/AFP)
October 26, 2019, 7:16 pm
Erdogan: Turkey will ‘clear terrorists’ from Syria border if Sochi deal fails
Warning comes after Turkish leader reached agreement with Putin for removal of Syrian Kurdish fighters in area; also repeats threat to send refugees to Europe
By AFP
Russian forces patrol in the city of Amuda, north Syria, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Syrian forces, Russian military advisers and military police are being deployed in a zone 30 kilometers (19 miles) deep along much of the northeastern border, under an agreement reached Tuesday by Russia and Turkey. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
October 25, 2019, 5:04 pm
Russia says it sent hundreds of additional troops to Syria
300 military police and 20 armored vehicles deployed to patrol areas along the border with Turkey and oversee the pullout of Syrian Kurdish fighters
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Turkish soldiers and Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather on the northern outskirts of the Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border on October 14, 2019, as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria (Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
October 24, 2019, 1:18 pm
US envoy to Syria says evidence of war crimes during Turkish offensive on Kurds
But, he says, Washington hasn’t seen widespread evidence of ethnic cleansing; defense secretary says Turkey ‘heading in wrong direction’ after Trump announces lifting of sanctions
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks October 23, 2019, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)
October 24, 2019, 2:49 am
Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, says saved thousands of Kurds with Syria actions
‘Let someone else fight over this long, blood-stained sand,’ president says; critics charge move leads to loss of US influence in area and will see Islamic State resurgence
By AAMER MADHANI
A convoy of Russian military vehicles drives toward the northeastern Syrian city of Kobane on October 23, 2019 (AFP)
October 23, 2019, 4:51 pm
Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord with Turkey
Kremlin tells Kurdish fighters to pull back from frontier or face being ‘steamrolled’ by Erdogan’s troops
By Suzan Fraser and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS
In this frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the Kurdish news agency, residents who are angry over the US withdrawal from Syria hurl potatoes at American military vehicles in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria on October 21, 2019. (ANHA via AP)
October 22, 2019, 10:05 pm
‘America is running away’: Syrian withdrawal turns chaotic
US pullout being carried out with more haste and violence than expected, and may be partially reversed, as troops caught in middle of Turkish fire aimed at Kurdish forces
By Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 22, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )
October 22, 2019, 10:05 pm
Kurds pull out from Syria border region as Putin, Erdogan reach buffer zone deal
Hours before Ankara set to resume offensive against US allies, leaders of Turkey and Russia agree to create 20-mile deep area free of Kurdish fighters
By Suzan Fraser and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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