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Assad's fall in Syria turned Turkey and Saudi Arabia from rivals to partners. Will it last?
Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years.
US Ambassador to Turkey Will Serve as Special Envoy to Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, said on Friday he has assumed the role of special envoy to ...
US and regional countries team up to resolve the issue of IS prisoners in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...
Syria agrees to help find missing Americans, U.S. envoy says
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey who was also appointed as special envoy for Syria, described in a post on X​ ...
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Turkey and Israel set up hotline over Syria tensions
Round-the-clock direct line between the two countries established to quickly resolve any imminent military complications in ...
Al-Monitor9d
Turkey delegation heads to US to discuss Syria sanctions relief: What to know
AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It ...
Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too – pointing to outsized role middle powers can play in regional affairs
President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria. The turnaround was a huge victory for the government of Syrian President ...
Turkey Says It Expects Syrian Kurdish Militia to Fulfil Damascus Deal
ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkey expects the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia ...
Israel Issues Warnings to Syria and Turkey as Trump Praises Their Leaders
"We want to want to be sure that he is not a terrorist anymore," senior Israeli official told Newsweek of Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa.
Syria's government and Kurds reach agreement on returning families from notorious camp
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have announced an agreement with the transitional government in Damascus to evacuate ...