Authorities on Tuesday detained eight members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council who had denounced Ankara’s offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, state media reported. Authorities issued 11 arrest warrants for council’s members, eight of whom were detained, including the association’s head Rasit Tukel, state-run news agency Anadolu ...
Syrian peace talks began Monday in the southern Russian city of Sochi as part of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress, organized by Ankara, Tehran and Moscow. The UN announced this past weekend the participation of Staffan de Mistura, its special envoy to Syria, who arrived Monday in Sochi. Representatives of ...