France remains silent on the presence of its citizens detained in Syria for alleged links to the Daesh terrorist group. France's top
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Paris of turning a blind eye to Turkey's security concerns, and called on France to take back French jihadist militants jailed in Syria. International efforts have been made to dissuade NATO member Turkey from ...
The new administration’s first visit to Ankara comes amid an intensifying struggle for the partition of Syria between the states behind the overthrow of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by jihadists led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Turkey's top diplomat on Friday, January 10, said Washington was its only interlocutor in northeastern Syria and urged France to repatriate its jihadist nationals jailed in the country. The remarks by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan came as Washington tried ...
Although the French government has not publicly proposed guarding the Turkish-Syrian border, French President Emmanuel Macron stated earlier this week that Paris would not abandon the SDF, which has been one of the many factions involved in Syria's 13-year-long civil war.
In our view, they should be tried in the nearest place to where the crimes were committed,’ says Foreign Ministry spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı
Ankara: Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has rejected a proposal to deploy French troops on the Syrian border. France's proposal was to create a safe zone to reduce tensions with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
France should take back its nationals who have been jailed in Syria in connection with jihadist activity and put them on trial back home, Turkey's top diplomat said Friday.
Washington is Turkey's only interlocutor for developments in northeastern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday as Ankara warned it could take military action against Kurdish fighters in the area.
Türkiye has the capacity, power and “most importantly, determination” to eliminate all threats to its existence “at their source,” said Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday, referring to the PKK/YPG terrorist organization. The end of the road is now in sight for the PKK/YPG terror group and its affiliates in Syria, Fidan told reporters.
Either Damascus takes action to address the presence of the PKK/YPG in Syria or Ankara will, Türkiye’s top diplomat says, stressing that Washington
On Wednesday, a source at the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that Minister Hakan Fidan and his U.S. counterpart, Marco Rubio, discussed the importance of coordination on regional affairs during a phone call.