By Jonathan Spicer, Tuvan Gumrukcu and Maya Gebeily ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria's future: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade The Turkish government has been at it again, trampling on “Kurdish” and other opposition ballot box outcomes that stick in its craw. On January 13, it arrested the co-mayors of a municipality held by pro-Kurdish party DEM and appointed trustees.

Post-Assad Syria will never allow its territory to be used as a staging ground for threats against Turkey, its top diplomat said on January 16 after

According to the biggest lawyers' union in the country, the Istanbul Bar union has been sued by Turkish prosecutors for terrorist propaganda in con

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that the new Syrian administration should be given an opportunity to address the presence of Kurdish militants in the country, and reiterated that the Turkish military would act if it did not.

The PKK’s U.S.-backed Syrian offshoot, the YPG, is courting Iraqi Kurds in an apparent push to garner support at a time when the political upheaval

Turkish Airlines is resuming flights to the Syrian capital, Damascus (DAM), and to Benghazi (BEN), Libya’s second city, from its Istanbul (IST) hub. The two destinations had featured on Turkish Airlines’ network in the past but were discontinued due to the military and political situation in both countries.

Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

Turkish prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Istanbul Bar Association for "terrorist propaganda" over its calls for a probe into journalist deaths in Syria, the country's main lawyers association has said.

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has led to a face-off between Turkey and Israel in Syria, where both countries have deployed forces. Relations between Turkey and the Jewish state were already strained over the Gaza war,

Could the return of Qatar Airways to Damascus tempt other international airlines to put the Syrian capital back on the route map?

Syria's new Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said he will make his first official visit to Türkiye on Wednesday. "To represent the New Syria, we will make our first official visit tomorrow to the Republic of Türkiye," Shaibani said on X on Tuesday.