By Atef Saqr and Amberin Zaman
Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Sezgin said on Tuesday that "positive results" had been obtained from two days of closed meetings which brought together senior diplomats and military and security officials from Syria (...)
By Amberin Zaman
Cairo's shuttle diplomacy between Damascus and Ankara, aimed at heading off a military confrontation between the two neighbours, this week appeared to be bearing fruit.
Turkish President Suleyman Demirel described a message from (...)
By Amberin Zaman
Proponents of Ankara's new hawkish stance against Syria argue that Turkey has tried peaceful means to persuade Damascus to end its support for the PKK and hand over its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, long enough.
Ankara insists Ocalan (...)