BEIRUT – The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years on Friday, a spokesman said in a televised statement. The announcement came moments after the Kurds, left exposed by a US pledge to pull out its own troops, asked for the regime's help to face a ...

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan says his forces and Syrian opposition fighters have seized control of the town of Afrin from Kurdish militants. "Afrin city centre is under control as of 8.30 this morning," Erdogan announced at a Sunday’s rally marking the 103rd anniversary of the ...

ANKARA - Turkey has urged the United States to "immediately withdraw" from Manbij in northern Syria, after Washington pledged to stop arming the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said "it's necessary for them [US] to immediately withdraw from ...