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 Atef Saqr
Following several diplomatic shuttle missions led by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, Syria has expressed a desire to end the recent crisis in relations with neighbouring Turkey. Only a dialogue between (...)
By Atef Saqr
Tension between Syria and Turkey mounted to dangerous levels this week as the Turkish army stepped up activities on the border between the two countries and described the situation as an "undeclared state of war".
According to reports, (...)
