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Turkey vows to protect borders from Syria spillover

  Turkey on Friday vowed to "respond immediately" to any violation of its borders by Kurdish separatists fighting in Syria. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made the warning following the seizure of a Syrian town on the border with Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish...

The Renewed Threat of Terrorism to Turkey

      For three decades, Turkey’s terrorist threat has been viewed largely through the lens of Kurdish militancy. Yet just as one front closes down,[1] a new hazard has emerged, primarily as a result of the current war in Syria. On May 11,...

Syria rebels reinforce key suburb in Damascus battle

Syrian rebels poured reinforcements into a key Damascus suburb on Tuesday in an attempt to push back government troops who have renewed their campaign to secure the capital and build on battlefield gains elsewhere in the country. Fighting centered on Qaboun, a rebel-held district where...