Turkey, US getting closer on Syria safe zone

Turkey, US getting closer on Syria safe zone

(VOVWORLD) - Turkey and the United States are nearing an agreement on the details of a planned safe zone in northeast Syria along the Turkish border, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...
Putin: Trump wants to improve US-Russia ties

Putin: Trump wants to improve US-Russia ties

(VOVWORLD) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump listened to him and was keen to improve battered US-Russia ties despite the complicated domestic political...
ISIS erased west of Euphrates river

ISIS erased west of Euphrates river

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian forces and allies have liberated the last villages west of the Euphrates river from the Islamic State (ISIS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday
Iraqi forces open new front to expel ISIS

Iraqi forces open new front to expel ISIS

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi forces on Saturday launched a sweep from the Euphrates Valley through the western desert to completely flush the Islamic State out of Iraq’s territory
Russia halts cooperation with US in Syria

Russia halts cooperation with US in Syria

(VOVWORLD) - The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that Russia will stop all interactions with the US under the framework on the "memorandum of incident prevention in Syrian skies", after a...
Turkey warns of downgraded relations with US

Turkey warns of downgraded relations with US

(VOVworld) - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned Thursday that the US risks major damage to its relationship with Turkey if Kurdish forces are included in the fight to retake Raqqa,...
Turkey sends more troops to Syria border

Turkey sends more troops to Syria border

(VOVworld) - Turkey is sending 300 more troops to northern Syria to reinforce an operation aimed at pushing Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its southern border