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Erdogan announces Syria summit for March 5

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he would hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on March 5 to discuss the escalating violence in Syria's last rebel enclave of Idlib. The announcement comes a day after two European Union heavyweights France and...

Syria reopens highway linking largest cities after 8 years

 The highway that links the Syrian capital with the northern city of Aleppo is open for public use for the first time in nearly eight years after government forces recently captured parts of it that had been held by insurgents, the transportation minister said Saturday. The reopening...

Erdogan urges Putin to rein in Syria, end human crisis

Turkey's president urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call Friday to “restrain" the Syrian regime and halt the humanitarian crisis unfolding in northwestern Syria as Damascus wages a military offensive against the last rebel stronghold in the country. Recep Tayyip...