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Border security discussed at landmark Syrian-Turkish talks-Turkish official

Landmark talks between the Syrian and Turkish defence ministers in Moscow included border security and how Turkey can act jointly against Kurdish militants, a senior Turkish official said, after a meeting underlining thawing ties between the foes.

Reuters

Ministers of rivals Turkey and Syria meet in Moscow after more than a decade

Trilateral meeting with Russia also has intelligence chiefs in attendance

The Independent UK

Turkish, Syrian, Russian Defense Chiefs Hold Surprise Talks

The Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow, the Turkish and Russian defense ministries said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Turkey, Syria, Russia defence ministers hold talks in Moscow

The three nations agree to continue meeting in future to ensure stability in Syria and the region, says Ankara.

Al Jazeera

Turkish, Syrian officials meet in Moscow after years-long chill

Turkey's defence minister and intelligence chief met their Syrian counterparts in Moscow on Wednesday in a clear sign of normalisation between Ankara and Damascus in the decade-long Syrian war.

Reuters

Iran Pressures Damascus on ‘Sovereign Concessions’

When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Tehran last May, one of the urgent requests he made was to send oil to contribute to resolving his country’s economic crisis. In the past years, it has become customary for ships to violate sanctions and waterways.

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Syria's Kurdish-led Forces 'on Alert' for ISIS Attacks, Says Official

Syrian Kurdish-led forces boosted security Tuesday a day after foiling a deadly ISIS group assault on a prison fearing that the extremists will strike again, a spokesman said. Authorities on Monday declared a state of emergency in Raqa, the extremists’ former de facto capital in northern Syria, after gunmen launched…

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Iran Creating Another ‘Southern Suburb’ Near Damascus

Iran is seeking to revive its expansion near the Syrian capital, Damascus, which it has always sought to do and was previously thwarted by Russia. Iran's objective is to create another “southern suburb”, commonly known as Dahieh, like the Hezbollah-dominated one in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The plan is to…

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Refugees come together for Christmas celebration in Omagh

Joining in the celebrations were people from Syria, Africa, Hungary, Ukraine, and Thailand

Belfast Live

Pair convicted of terror offences handed community orders after 'powerful mitigation'

Judge Field said he had seen the pair 'grow up', and that they were 'not the same boys' who had initially come before his court

Manchester Evening News

Kurdish Forces: Deadly ISIS Assault Targeting Syria Prison 'Thwarted'

ISIS militants in northern Syria launched a failed attack targeting a prison holding fellow extremists in a clash that killed six Kurdish fighters, local authorities and a war monitor said. The Kurdish fighters were killed in the assault on a security complex near a prison with ISIS inmates in Raqqa,…

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Pro-Turkish Fighters Killed in Northwest Syria Clashes

Eight Türkiye-backed Syrian fighters were killed in clashes with regime troops that raged Monday in the country's northwest, an opposition alliance said. A statement from the Faylaq al-Sham group said six of its fighters were killed and three more wounded in an offensive launched by Syrian government forces backed by…

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Attacks in Syria’s Raqqa kill several Kurdish security officers

Officials say an ISIL cell had targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters.

Al Jazeera

IS targets jailed jihadists in failed deadly attack on Syria’s Raqqa

Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

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The Independent UK

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces say an attack by Islamic State militants in the city of Raqqa has killed six of its members

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Defense Minister Visits Syrian Border, Stresses Dialogue

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Türkiye's command center on the border with Syria overnight on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Defense, the minister and accompanying army commanders were briefed about the situation on the border during a meeting with officers and soldiers at the Operation Spring Shield command…

Salon

In 2022, we saw refugees: Will it last?

With millions of Ukrainian refugees spread around the world, we saw the problem again. But it never went away

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Humanitarian Disaster Imminent in NW. Syria if Int’l Aid Stops

The Directorate of Health in Idlib and other opposition-held Syrian region warned on Saturday that the failure to renew a United Nations resolution that allows the continued provision of humanitarian and medical assistance from Türkiye into northwest Syria will lead to a humanitarian disaster. Local and international humanitarian organizations called…

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Türkiye in Talks with Russia About Using Syrian Airspace in Potential Operation

Türkiye is in talks with Russia to use the airspace above northern Syria for a potential cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. Türkiye has carried out several incursions into northern Syria against the YPG and has been threatening a new incursion…

Reuters

Turkey in talks with Russia about using Syrian airspace in potential operation

Turkey is in talks with Russia to use the airspace above northern Syria for a potential cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Damascus is Drowned, ‘Painful’ Offers Await Decision

Damascus is mired in its suffocating economic crisis. Syria is expelling its people and is divided into three “states” separated by border-like lines, where militias, organizations, extremists and warring foreign armies coming from major and regional countries abound. Contradictory offers and different conditions are put forward to start a long…

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Moscow Renews Debates about Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Syria

Moscow has launched a new diplomatic battle at the UN Security Council, declaring its opposition to the extension of the international mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for another six months. Damascus, like its major ally Moscow, also stepped up its opposition of renewing and extending the…

Reason

America's Loose Ends in the Middle East

They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests in Southern Syria Call for 'Civil Disobedience'

Protesters in As-Suwayda governorate, southern Syria, blocked a pivotal street in the provincial capital at the Al-Mashnaqa roundabout, and set tires ablaze as they carried out a demonstration against worsening living conditions. They raised slogans calling for the trial of the corrupt and urged civil disobedience to fight deteriorating conditions…

Reuters

Russia readies for another U.N. fight over Syria aid deliveries

Russia laid the groundwork on Wednesday for another fight over whether the U.N. Security Council should renew approval of humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to about 4 million people in northwestern Syria, which is due to expire on Jan. 10.

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