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Thousands of Syrians start returning to Damascus (Twitter)

September 5th, 2018 - 01:01 GMT

Thousands of Syrians Not Returned to Turkey after Islamic Holidays

Thousands of Syrians have not returned to Turkey voluntarily after going back to their country to celebrate Islamic holidays, said Turkey’s deputy director general of Migration Management.

A billboard displays an image of President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan reading "continue the blessed march " in Ankara, on Feb. 14, 2018, four days ahead of the party's 6th ordinary congress in the Turkish capital.
(ADEM ALTAN / AFP)

February 18th, 2018 - 08:00 GMT

Erdogan: Afrin's Operation Olive Branch 'Close to Victory'

John Hannah, a former Cheney aide, may get tapped to be the next US-Syria envoy (Youtube)

February 16th, 2018 - 09:58 GMT

What a Bush-era appointment to U.S.-Syria Envoy means for the MENA region

People stand by Turkish flags as they attend a funeral ceremony for Koray Karaca, a Turkish soldier who was killed in cross-border clashes with Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) forces in Afrin, Syria, in Istanbul on Feb. 11, 2018. On Jan. 20, Turkey launched a military operation against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Afrin region, backing Syrian rebels with air strikes and ground troops.
(YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

February 16th, 2018 - 09:45 GMT

Russia: US 'Provoking Turkey,' Arming Kurdish Forces Across Iraq

(Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba)

February 8th, 2018 - 02:26 GMT

Assad is Accidentally Helping the Kurdish Cause

Relatives of a Kurdish herder mourn outside the hospital in Afrin on January 28, 2018, after he was killed in a Turkish airstrike on their village near the Kurdish enclave (Delil Souleiman/AFP)

January 29th, 2018 - 03:58 GMT

Why We Are Not Getting the Whole Truth About Turkey's Afrin Operation

Lebanese Kurds wave flags and chant slogans on Jan. 28, 2018, during a protest near the European Commission offices in Beirut against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

January 28th, 2018 - 01:56 GMT

Hundreds of Lebanese Kurds Protest Against Turkish Campaign in Syria

A municipality worker walks in front of a government building in the Turkish border province of Kilis on January 24, 2018. Rockets fired from Syria killed two people and wounded 11 others on January 24 in southern Turkey on the fifth day of Ankara's offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to eliminate.
(OZAN KOSE / AFP)

January 26th, 2018 - 10:58 GMT

Erdogan: Operation Olive Branch 'Not Occupying' Syria's Afrin

Turkish tanks are parked near the Syrian border at the Hassa district in Hatay province on Jan. 24, 2018, as part of the so-called Operation Olive Branch in Syria (AFP)

January 25th, 2018 - 05:04 GMT

Germany Postpones Decision to Upgrade Turkey Tanks Amid Syria Operation

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses mukhtars, heads of Turkish villages and neighborhoods, during the 44th Mukhtars Meeting at the presidential complex in Ankara, on January 24, 2018.

(Adem ALTAN / AFP)

January 25th, 2018 - 03:20 GMT

Erdogan Threatens to Extend Offense in Syria After Trump Warnings

Turkish troops advance near the Syria border at Hassa, Hatay province, on Jan. 22, 2018, as part of the operation "Olive Branch" (BULENT KILIC / AFP)

January 23rd, 2018 - 11:34 GMT

Turkey Arrests 42 for 'Spreading Terrorist Propaganda' About Syria Operation

Turkey's 'Olive Branch' for Syria's Kurds (Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP)

January 22nd, 2018 - 07:04 GMT

Turkey's 'Operation Olive Branch' Raises Eyebrows for its Irony

A Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Jan. 18, 2018 (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

January 21st, 2018 - 03:01 GMT

France Calls for Emergency UN Meeting Over Syria