Turkey to soon wind down latest operation in northern Iraq, Erdogan says | Recep Tayyip Erdogan News

Turkey to soon wind down latest operation in northern Iraq, Erdogan says | Recep Tayyip Erdogan News

Ankara has carried out repeated ground operations against Kurdish fighters, launching its most recent in 2022. Turkey will soon end its latest ground military operation in northern Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Speaking to military academy graduates on Saturday, Erdogan hailed Operation Claw-Lock, which Ankara launched in April…

Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey | Refugees News

Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey | Refugees News

More than 470 people have been taken into custody after mobs attacked Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey. Turkey’s government is urging for calm after mob violence against Syrian refugees broke out in the central Melikgazi region and spread to other areas. Riots erupted after Turkish authorities arrested a…

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

Counterterrorism prosecutors failed to have warrant annulled on grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as head of state. A Paris appeals court has upheld the validity of an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the country’s civil war, according to…

Car explosion kills at least one in Syria’s Damascus | Syria’s War News

Car explosion kills at least one in Syria’s Damascus | Syria’s War News

The explosion comes as an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck near Syria’s border with Lebanon. A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. “One person was killed when an explosive device exploded in…

France begins first war crimes trial of Syrian officials | Syria’s War News

France begins first war crimes trial of Syrian officials | Syria’s War News

Three officials are being tried in absentia over the deaths of two French Syrian men arrested in Damascus in 2013. France has opened its first trial into officials from the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad with three top security officers tried in absentia for complicity in crimes against humanity and…