Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People sit together near Turkish flags and Syrian flags in the city of Azaz, Syria, May 15, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ...

In the Middle East, Turkey seeks to play a key role if and when the Iran conflict winds down. Ankara will seek to grow its influence as Iran’s influence declines.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags ...

While the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, Ankara and Damascus try to exploit the fighting in Iran to divert the India-Europe trade corridor through their territory.

Israel and Turkey came dangerously close to war over Syria, and most of the world never saw what really happened. Behind the ...

Israel’s military says these are in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in Sweida province. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Turkey’s regional posture under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become increasingly assertive, combining ideological ...

Tensions between Israel and Turkey are rising amid competing visions for Gaza’s reconstruction and widening strategic friction in Syria, even as both countries remain embedded in a U.S.-led diplomatic ...

Syrian soldiers make their way through the country's mountainous Qalamoun region, near the border with Lebanon, on January 1, 2026 — Bakr ALkasem Syria's new government and Israel will set up a joint ...

Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan’s mediation between the US and Iran signals a new regional alignment with implications for Israel’s regional influence.

BEIRUT (AP) — Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin in southwestern Syria last month. Within hours, he had lost two sons, a daughter-in-law and his ...