Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu rejects a proposal by German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to establish a United Nations-mandated security zone in northeastern Syria, calling the plan "not very realistic". 2019-10-26
Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, presidents of Russia and Turkey respectively, reach an agreement in Sochi, which would end Turkey's offensive into Northern Syria. 2019-10-22
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his country is ready to mediate between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces. 2019-10-21
Turkish airstrikes kill five civilians in the village of Bab al-Kheir. 2019-10-18
A thousand U.S. soldiers are to be pulled out of Syria because of the Turkish offensive. 2019-10-13
Senior SDF official Redur Xelil says defending ISIL prisons is not a priority anymore due to the conflict with Turkey. 2019-10-12
The Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, blames the Turkish offensive on the Kurdish forces, saying Syria will not be negotiating with them "on the terms of separatism". 2019-10-10
The U.S. military takes two militants of the Beatles ISIL cell previously held by Kurdish forces to face trial in the United States. 2019-10-9