Turkey

Tishreen Dam, on the Euphrates river, has become a flashpoint in the conflict between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army

Call for peace by Kurdish leader being held in Turkish jail is first step in complex web of negotiations

Imprisoned PKK leader called for group to disarm

Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process

Worldview: We need to forge a a rational, interest-based response to America First

Blaze broke out overnight in restaurant section of hotel in Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey’s northwest

Explosion occurred at factory in village of Kavakli in Balikesir province

As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards

‘Multiple case series relating to this phenomenon on the health service have been reported in recent years,’ medics say

Neither neoliberalism nor the ‘radical left’ seems able to solve the problem in most Greek people’s minds: the almost unbearable increases in the cost of living

Arab countries called for end to hostilities in Syria and said they would support the transitional government

The group that brought down the Assad regime might be in the process of reinventing itself but it would be foolish to imagine that the Islamists of HTS have converted to the cause of liberal democracy

The country deserves maximum international and regional support as it confronts the mammoth tasks ahead

Yemen-based Houthis are the only full-strength survivors of Tehran’s axis of resistance

President Erdogan determined to further his nation’s regional interests by helping to ensure the transition to a stable new political regime in Syria

Conflict started 13 years ago during Arab Spring and escalated to involve opposition groups, extremists and world powers

HTS founder Abu Muhammad al-Jolani participated in Iraqi insurgency against US as member of group that later became Islamic State

State news agency denies rumours that Bashar al-Assad has left country as his 24-year rule comes under major pressure

Forces loyal to president appeared to be in retreat across country, with Bashar al-Assad increasingly losing grip on major cities

Fall of Aleppo to al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has delivered major blow to the government amid economic crisis caused by mismanagement and sanctions