Turkey's Fidan declares all PKK, YPG facilities in Syria, Iraq 'legitimate targets' - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ezgi Akin

Jared Szuba

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Oct 4, 2023

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York on September 22, 2023. (Photo by BING GUAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BING GUAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York on September 22, 2023. — BING GUAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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US downs Turkish drone as Turkey bombs infrastructure in Syria’s Kurdish zone

Amberin Zaman

Jared Szuba

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Turkey’s Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Ibrahim Kalin, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency, met in Ankara on March 11, 2024.

Three top Turkey officials to visit Iraq as Erdogan threatens Kurdish militants

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

- A man prepares to ride a motorcycle close to a fire raging at the Zarba oil facility in al-Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on October 5, 2023. Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, after Ankara had threatened raids in retaliation for a bomb attack. In another strike, "Turkish drones targeted a factory north of Hasakeh, injuring three workers", s

Turkey expands strikes as Fidan, Blinken discuss deconfliction, 'terrorist threats'

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Smokes billows in Qamishli in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on Dec. 25, 2023.

Turkey speeds up attacks on Kurdish groups in Syria, Iraq

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO