The UN special envoy for Syria said Wednesday that peace talks due to resume in Vienna on Thursday are taking place “at a very, very critical moment”. “Definitely I am optimistic because it is the only way to be at such moments,” Staffan de Mistura said. “It is a very, ...
The Pentagon has reportedly threatened to sever all assistance to Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) that would move to support Kurdish militia in Syria’s northwest, as Turkey continues its offensive against the Kurdish forces there. Pentagon spokesman Adrian Rankine-Galloway told the state-run Turkish news outlet Anadolu Agency on Wednesday that ...
