Anakra is not going to cooperate with Damascus, neither it seeks to forcibly remove Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, Ilnur Cevik, a senior adviser to Turkish President Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told the RT broadcaster in an interview. Turkey has repeatedly called for Assad departure as it supports ...
Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 ISIL ‘jihadists’ were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has seen the bloodiest clashes of Ankara’s half-year campaign inside the conflict-torn country. Speaking to NTV television, Defense Minister Fikri Isik said half of the town of Al-Bab was in the hands ...