Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

This briefing featured Gönül Tol, Senior Fellow at MEI and the author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. The briefing also featured Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow at MEI, ...

Turkey’s deepening ties with Syria could shift regional power dynamics, impacting Israel, Iran, and NATO while strengthening Hamas' backers. Syria's newly appointed president for a transitional ...

Further complicating the war was the direct intervention of Turkey. Turkey invaded Syria in 2016, 2018, and 2019. While the 2016 operation was ostensibly against ISIS, Ankara’s primary interest ...

As excitement swept through the Syrian community after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, businesses in Turkey that rely on them ...

For the first time since 2011, when Syria was plunged into a decades-long civil war claiming the lives of hundreds of ...

Turkey was a strong backer of groups opposed to Assad during the country’s 13-year civil war and is considered to be one of the new administration’s key allies. Erdogan’s office said talks would focus ...

Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.

Sharra flew into Turkey from Saudi Arabia where he sought Riyadh's funding to rebuild Syria after a devastating 13-year civil war. After meeting with Sharaa, Erdogan said, "I would like to express ...

Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense pact in Ankara on Tuesday, including establishing Turkish ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...