Turkey

YemenExtra M.A. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that an operation in Syria’s Afrin has de-facto started on the field. Turkey has been threatening to launch an operation in Afrin since last week after the US…

YemenExtra M.A. The US military reportedly deployed about 1,000 fighters loyal to the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the Syrian Tel-Abyad area on the Syrian-Turkish border. According to Anadolu Agency, the US military carried…

YemenExtra M.A. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad has warned Turkey against launching a military operation in the country’s northwestern region of Afrin, stressing that Syrian air defense systems are prepared to repel such…

YemenExtra SH.A. Russian and Turkish media continue to comment on Russia's sale of air defense systems to Turkey. Russia is ready to hand over the S-400 to Turkey in order to provide security for the airspace that…

YemenExtra M.A. According to Syrian opposition activists, a massive blast targeted the town of Darat Izza in the western countryside of Aleppo tonight. A car bomb was detonated by unidentified attackers at the entrance of Darat Izza,…

YemenExtra Y.A The United States coordinated support by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey for terrorists operating against the Syrian government over the past years of conflict in the Arab country, Qatar's former prime minister has…

YemenExtra Turkey’s banking regulator has dismissed a recent report that said some Turkish banks face heavy penalties from US authorities for alleged violations of Iran sanctions. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK)…

YemenExtra Y.A. In an official note to Tehran and Ankara, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on them  to halt their trade deals with the Kurdistan region amid the KRG’s secessionism. Alsumaria TV has declared that the…

YemenExtra M.A. Russia is ongoing with the bombardment campaign against militant forces in northern Hama and southern Idlib provinces, The Russian Forces have targeted a command base belonging to Turkish-backed rebels, killing and…

YemenExtra M.A. The Syrians are returning to the country’s southern city of Zabadani based not far from Damascus and the Lebanese border, due to the establishment of the ceasefire and de-escalation zones in the region, the city’s mayor…