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The defence ministers of Russia, Syria, and Turkey hold a trilateral meeting in Moscow. It is the first such meeting, as well as the first meeting between a Syrian and Turkish defence minister, since the war began in 2011.
2022-12-28

The jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham captures the city of Afrin in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, following days of clashes with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
2022-10-13

Russia and Turkey announce a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib Governorate and rule out any military operations.
2018-09-17

Turkish air strikes kill 18 Kurdish YPG fighters and media officials in northeastern Syria. Also five Peshmerga fighters are killed during a Turkish attack on Sinjar in Iraq. Turkey also claims to have destroyed "terror hubs". Iraq denounces the strike as a violation of its sovereignty.
2017-04-25

Syria's political opposition in-exile urges all Arab countries to sever diplomatic ties with Iran. The Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition declared its support for Riyadh's move, calling on "all Arab and Islamic countries to take a similar step", and criticized what it said was Iran's support for Shia militias in Syria and Iraq.
2016-01-4

Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey as Kurdish fighters come closer to capturing the border town of Tell Abyad from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
2015-06-14

Some 13,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey as Syrian Kurd People's Protection Units encircle the ISIL-held town of Suluk.
2015-06-13

Turkey will allow Turkish Kurds to join in the fight against ISIL in Kobane.
2014-10-20

ISIL forces capture the headquarters of Kurdish forces defending the Syrian border town of Kobane with the United Nations warning of massacre.
2014-10-10

A car bomb detonates in Şemdinli, Turkey, killing 1 and injuring 12. The attack is blamed on Kurdish rebels.
2012-11-4