Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, including the situation in Syria.
The new administration’s first visit to Ankara comes amid an intensifying struggle for the partition of Syria between the states behind the overthrow of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by jihadists led by the al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Syrian fighters supported by Turkish air power on Thursday clashed with the mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces militia at a new front on the Euphrates. The violence marks an expansion of a conflict n eastern Syria in which hundreds have been killed since the fall of Bashar Al Assad on December 8.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is on an official visit to Baghdad on Sunday to hold discussions with senior Iraqi officials on bilateral ties and regional and international developments. During this visit,
Syria turned in to a literal free-for-all, almost immediately after the fall of Assad regime which essentially ended the Syria civil war, with Israel, Turkey, and the US moving swiftly to achieve their respective goals in the region.
Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail. Sharaa had told Al Arabiya television that Kurdish-led forces should be integrated into the new national army so that weapons are "in the hands of the state alone".
The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even so,
Turkey has offered military assistance and capacity-building support to the new Syrian military to combat “terrorist groups”, during an unprecedented visit by a high-level Syrian delegation led by the new Syrian foreign minister to Ankara on Wednesday.
Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria have resumed after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Damascus
Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family's brutal five-decade rule.
The terrorist groups continue to pose a threat to Türkiye and Syria’s national security and territorial integrity, the Defense Ministry
Turkey is ready to provide support to the new Syrian administration for the management of Islamic State camps in the country, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.