Eurasia Press & News
Recent reports in the Arabic and Turkish media and social media claim that Turkey intends to establish new military bases in Syria as part of a defense agreement with the new Syrian government formed by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) under the leadership of Ahmed Al-Sharaa (aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani). Turkey …
Read More »L’assaut médiatique anti-Ankara vise à étouffer les BRICS dans l’œuf
Avec la chute de la Syrie faute de combattants, l’inquiétude grandit quant à la capacité des acteurs impliqués, dont la Turquie, à contenir le chaos à l’intérieur des frontières du pays. Ailleurs, le monde s’interroge : BRICS, Sud global, monde multipolaire – ce lexique, que l’ensemble de la communauté internationale …
Read More »How Turkey Outplayed Egypt and the U.S. In The Horn Of Africa
Turkey has mediated an agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia, ending nearly a decade-long rivalry between the two African nations. While the deal is a welcome development for regional stability, Turkey’s mediation complicates Egypt’s regional strategy, as Cairo remains actively engaged in this conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the …
Read More »Turkey’s Syrian Jihadists Take Over Syria: Kurds, Half a Million Christians Under Intolerable Threat
A former branch of Al Qaeda, in 2018, HTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham] was officially designated a terrorist organization by the US government. HTS, which cooperates with the Turkish military and Turkish-backed groups in Syria, is committed to establishing an Islamist state across Syria, at least for a start. Turkish President …
Read More »Where Turkey stands as the Assad regime is toppled
Analysis: Turkey could emerge as one of the biggest regional winners following the ouster of the Assad regime. Scenes of jubilation erupted on Sunday outside Istanbul’s Fatih Mosque, in the neighbourhood that shares its name, after Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad was ousted from power following a quarter-century of authoritarian rule. Syria’s …
Read More »Turkish intelligence chief Kalin is in Damascus, say two sources with knowledge
Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin was in Damascus on Thursday, two sources with knowledge of the visit told Reuters, for what the Syrian information ministry said would be talks involving its new opposition leadership. The ministry said that Kalin and Qatar’s head of state security, Khalfan al-Kaabi, arrived in the …
Read More »BREAKING Assad flees Syria for Abu Dhabi, regime falls – Turkish press reports
Former Syrian President Basher al-Assad and his family arrived in Moscow following the Kremlin’s offer of asylum, Tass reported on December 8. Al-Assad and his family departed by private jet from Damascus and arrived in Abu Dhabi on late December 7, as rebels were closing in on Damascus. It is …
Read More »Opposition Advances in Southern & Central Syria as “Turkish-Iranian-Russian” Meeting Held in Doha
As the opposition finds itself only 26 kilometres south of Damascus, diplomatic sources told Syria TV that Arab and Gulf states have offered Assad an opportunity to leave the country. The military and political pressures on Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad are escalating, amid declining public support from his traditional …
Read More »In shift, Erdogan’s top ally says Ocalan’s life sentence can be reassessed if PKK disbands
Devlet Bahceli also suggested that the conditions of the militant leader’s life sentence without parole be reconsidered if he agrees to make such a call. In a U-turn that came as a bombshell for Turkish politics, Devlet Bahceli, a top ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and leader of …
Read More »‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’: Turkish Strikes Leave 1 Million in Northeast Syria Without Electricity, Water
Latest Developments • Kurdish-Held Northeast Syria Faces Electricity, Water Crisis: Turkish strikes in northeast Syria have left more than 1 million people in northeast Syria without access to electricity and water, the BBC reported on November 19. Between October 2019 and January 2024, Turkey carried out more than 100 strikes …
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