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Syrian regime captures ISIS village near Aleppo

The Syrian regime army captured the small town of Deir Hafer east of Aleppo from ISIS on Wednesday, a Syrian military source said, part of its operations to drive back the exremist group and consolidate its control in that area. It was the site of an important ISIS headquarters and contained...

End of Euphrates Shield, says Turkish Security Council

Turkey’s operation in northern Syria has been successfully concluded, a statement from National Security Council read on Wednesday. Operation Euphrates Shield, which was launched last August “has been concluded successfully”, according to the statement after a four-hour meeting chaired...

Turkey arrests suspected ISIS European recruiter

Turkish authorities arrested a Syrian man who allegedly recruited militants from European countries to fight for ISIS, the state-run news agency reported Wednesday. Anadolu Agency said the man, identified as Safwan Qahwati, was arrested Wednesday after a court order earlier, days after he...

Is Manbij the latest Kurdish poke in Erdogan's eye?

(Al-Monitor)- As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was declaring in February that after taking over al-Bab, Turkey would proceed to Manbij and then to Raqqa, Al-Monitor was meeting in Manbij with Adnan Abu Amjad, general commander of the Manbij Military Council. The day of the meeting,...