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Turkish army tanks and troops near Hassa in Hatay province, ready to push into Syria (AFP/ File photo)

July 5th, 2018 - 08:02 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Turkey Must not Expand Into Syria U.S. Senator Graham Warns

Veteran Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said Turkey risks being dragged into a quagmire if it expands its military expedition in Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he gives a speech on April 28, 2017 during the Atlantic Council summit in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

April 30th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Turkey fires another 4,000 public officials in post-coup crackdown

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region to discuss economic ties and Mosul. (AFP/File)

February 27th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Erdogan meets with Iraqi-Kurdish leader to discuss Mosul

A Syrian girl, holding her stuffed toy, stands next to the rubble of buildings in the northwestern Syrian border town of al-Bab on February 25, 2017. (AFP/Nazeera al-Khatib)

February 27th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

At least 22 Syrian army soldiers killed in clashes with FSA near al-Bab

US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Daesh bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, in June 2016. (AFP/File)

February 19th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Turkey plans to attack Kurdish town in northern Syria after securing al-Bab

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP/File)

February 14th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Turkish President Erdogan calls for safe zones in Syria

This file photo taken around 5 kilometres west from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 25, 2016 shows Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

February 13th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Erdogan: Daesh defeat imminent in Syria’s al-Bab

Turkey launched a cross-border operation in August in Syria, but the offensive stalled around al-Bab, with Daesh forces putting up heavy resistance. (Twitter)

February 11th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Turkey and Russia compete for Daesh scalp in last remaining stronghold Al-Bab, Syria

Military honour guards carry the coffin of Mahmut Uslu, one of five Turkish soldiers killed on Ferbuary 7, in an attack by IS militants around the Syrian town al-Bab, as Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (3rdR) attends the funeral ceremony in Ankara, on February 9, 2017. (AFP/Adem Altan)

February 10th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Funerals held for Turkish soldiers killed in Russian airstrike

Turkish Prime Minister and the leader of Turkey's ruling party, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Binali Yildirim gives a speech during the AK Party's group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara, on February 7, 2017. (AFP/Adem Altan)

February 8th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Emergency decree in Turkey sees 4,500 more teachers, police fired

Syrians walk past destroyed buildings in Al-Bab in the northern province of Aleppo on 1 September 2012. (AFP/Achilleas Zavallis)

February 7th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Daesh under siege in Al-Bab as members of Astana talks fail to reach ceasefire agreement

Four out of eight Turkish military officers are escorted by Greek special police forces as they leave the Athens' Supreme Courthouse, after a day-long hearing concerning possible extradition over July's failed coup in Turkey, on January 13, 2017 in Athens. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)

January 19th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Turkey arrests 90 more soldiers allegedly tied to coup attempt

Over the past two days, he said, several reconnaissance flights were carried out over the targeted region using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. (AFP/File)

January 19th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Turkey and Russia team up for joint-air operation in Syria