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  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Killing of 33 soldiers marks Turkey’s deadliest day in Syria

    Senior official says Ankara will not stop refugees heading for Europe after Idlib attack

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    ExplainerSyrian crisis
    What’s at stake for Turkey in Idlib?

    President Erdogan risks being dragged deeper into Syria’s 9-year civil war

  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
    Henry de Berker
    Overcrowding in Camp Moria is at breaking point

    As the Syria crisis intensifies, the EU and Turkey must rethink their approach in the Aegean

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A shameful response to the tragedy in Idlib

    The west must confront Vladimir Putin with evidence of war crimes in Syria

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Two Turkish soldiers killed in an airstrike in Idlib

    Syrian province gripped by escalating clashes as Damascus seeks to regain control

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    ‘It looks like judgment day’: inside Syria’s final battle

    Trapped between a closed border and advancing forces, opponents of the Assad regime face a humanitarian crisis

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    David Gardner
    Europe could soon feel the fallout from Idlib

    Turkey regularly threatens to reopen the refugee routes north for fleeing Syrians

  • Monday, 10 February, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Five Turkish troops killed as battle for Idlib intensifies

    Ankara condemns ‘heinous attack’ after deadly clash with Syria

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    AnalysisTurkey
    Testing times for Erdogan and Putin

    Tensions over Syria, Libya and gas strain alliance between Ankara and Moscow

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  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
    David Gardner
    Russia and Turkey have fallen out in Syria

    Although both are mistrustful of the US, their interests are not aligned

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Turkish politics
    Turkey’s Erdogan vows to make Syria ‘pay’ after attack

    Killing of Turkish soldiers by Assad regime adds to tensions between Moscow and Ankara

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    AnalysisTurkey
    Turkey eyes EU aid as investment pays off for Syrians

    Ankara is anxious for further support once €6bn programme ends

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Norway
    Populists quit Norway’s government over Isis wife

    Progress party objects to repatriation of woman and sick child from Syria

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian regime struggles to stop currency freefall

    Bashar al-Assad takes emergency steps after Syrian pound halves in value over past year

  • Sunday, 29 December, 2019
    Iraq
    US bombs Shia group blamed for American’s death in Iraq

    Attack puts Baghdad in difficult position and stokes Washington-Tehran tensions

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    Thousands flee renewed offensive by Syrian regime

    Turkey fears new wave of refugees may be forced towards its border

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
    Russia to invest $500m in Syrian port of Tartus

    Move to leverage Moscow’s position as the most powerful foreign influence in country

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    ReviewFilm
    The Cave is a blistering documentary about a Syrian hospital

    The doctor at the heart of this film shows dauntless compassion

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Gideon Rachman
    Trump, Obama and their battle with the ‘blob’

    The Nato summit underlines a surprising continuity in US foreign policy

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Nato
    Erdogan calls Macron ‘brain-dead’ over Nato comments

    Dispute over Turkish invasion of Syria heats up as alliance prepares to meet in London

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    Chloe Cornish
    Turmoil in Lebanon is hurting Syria

    As Beirut runs out of hard cash, businesses across the border suffer

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    AnalysisTurkish politics
    Syria incursion delivers limited boost to Turkey’s Erdogan

    Patriotic bounce fades after initial wave of nationalist fervour

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    British co-founder of White Helmets found dead in Istanbul

    Investigation launched after body of former army officer James Le Mesurier discovered in street

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Syria: Assad, his cousins and a Moscow skyscraper

    An FT investigation reveals Russia is an important destination for some of the regime’s money

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Tony Barber
    New EU team must up its game on foreign policy

    The bloc’s mishandling of both Syria and the Balkans exposes a fundamental weakness

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