Secretary Blinken appears to express some optimism that Turkey's concerns re Finland and Sweden joining NATO will be addressed before the NATO summit next month: The US expects that "this process will move as move into the summit
2 year ago Stolen commodities from occupied Ukraine: Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulk carrier Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus towards Med en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut, but really to Syria (Tartus or Latakia), carrying 27200 tons stolen wheat. OATT
A joint military patrol of the Russian and Syrian forces with the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Ras al-Ain area near the Syrian-Turkish border
Turkish forces target a village north of Syria's Manbij with mortars
Turkish drone targets the town of Tel Rifaat north of Syria's Aleppo countryside
The Syrian Observatory: International coalition warplanes and helicopters fly over the entire line extending from Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, to the Syrian-Turkish border
A military convoy of the Turkish army, consisting of 56 tanks, 11 rocket launchers, and dozens of trucks, is heading to the axes of the city of Manbij
Turkish National Security issues a statement on the military operation in northern Syria
2 year ago 5x Turkish UAVs orbiting over Syria
Turkish forces and the "National Army" factions target with artillery shells SDF positions in the villages of Samouqa Hassajk and Dam al-Shahba in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
2 year ago Metîna/Zap Region — Turkish airborne commandos and special forces managed to advance into the Hakkarî, Cûdî and Zêwê areas, subsequently cutting off the two regions. Violent clashes are ongoing as the guerrillas carry out intensive counter-attacks against these areas
2 year ago Ministers @RauZbigniew and @MevlutCavusoglu met in Istanbul
2 year ago Turkish-backed Forces forces hit a PKK house on the Tel Temr line east of Ras Al Ayn with an ATGM missile.
Turkish forces and their affiliated SNA factions shell the two villages of Tel Tawil and al-Tawila in Hasakah northern countryside, NE_Syria
Turkey says it handed a list of demands on PKK and Gulenists to Sweden and Finland on the NATO bid yesterday. Turkish FM Cavusoglu says the list has specific requests and both countries will deliberate on them. "We expect them to make legal changes if necessary," he said
2 year ago The Turkish Foreign Minister @MevlutCavusoglu has warned the Greek Government over the illegal militarisation of the Islands in the Aegean Sea by saying: "We're not bluffing, if Athens doesn't comply, we'll take things forward
Reports confirm the arrest of Abu Hassan al-Hashemi, the new leader of ISIS
2 year ago 14 PKK militants detected in the Operation Claw-Lock region were neutralized by an air operation.
14 PKK militants neutralized in the Claw-Lock Operation region - Turkish army
Al Arabiya sources: The Turkish army will first target the YPG in Syria with air strikes
Turkish forces bomb al-Muhsinli village, north of the city of Manbij, north Aleppo, with mortar shells
2 year ago TAF elements in the base area in Afrin, Syria, started hitting YPG targets in Tel Rifat.
Turkish forces targeted villages in the countryside of Zarkan town, north of Hasakah in NE_Syria, with heavy weapons
Turkish artillery units hit SDF positions in Dada Abdal and Elbubi villages east of Rasulayn
The Turkish Ministry of Defense: Neutralizing 5 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces who were preparing to attack the "Euphrates Shield and Peace Spring" areas in north and east Syria
The Syrian Observatory: Turkish forces bombed the vicinity of Ain Issa camp and sites in the northern countryside of Raqqa
Turkey says NATO expansion will be delayed unless Sweden and Finland take step on Ankara's security needs. Ankara doesn't see next NATO summit as the deadline. Senior Turkish official Kalin says both countries signalled that they may soon lift the arms exports ban on Turkey
Syrian Foreign Ministry: Aggression, occupation, and demographic cleansing are the only legal and realistic description that applies to the illegal Turkish presence in Syrian territory
2 year ago Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the killing and wounding of more than 100 PKK militants, since the launch of Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq more than a month ago.
The Turkish army targets with missile barrages the positions and points of positions of the SDF forces in villages and towns in the countryside of Tal Tamr, north of Al-Hasakah, coinciding with the flight of Turkish reconnaissance aircraft over the region