The five-day pause in Turkish offensive: Did Turkey achieve goals

The military attack, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan had launched on northern Syria on Oct. 9, was temporarily halted for five days due to an agreement brokered between Turkey and the United States. Now, we should wait and see if this situation will last.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

“Strategically brilliant” sellout: Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds

“At last the world knows America as the savior of the world!”  —U.S. president Woodrow Wilson

By Ramin Hosseinabadian

Arrival of resistance forces in northern Syria: Erdogan’s failed political calculations

In response to the Turkish army’s incursion into north Syria, the Syrian army entered Tabqah and deployed forces near the military airport in Raqqa province in the early hours of Monday. Tabaqa military airport is located near the Euphrates Dam, one of the biggest and most important dams in Syria, which was lost during the bloody battle between the Syrian army and ISIS in August 2014. 

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Erdogan’s dreams in northern Syria won’t be realized 

TEHRAN - Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s goals in northern Syria are beyond the issue of Kurds, but this dream will not be interpreted. 

Zarif says ties with neighbors are Iran’s first priority

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that ties with neighbors are the first priority of Iran’s foreign policy.

Iranian, Turkish and Russian presidents hold talks on security situation in Syria

TEHRAN/ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the host of this round of trilateral summit between Turkey, Iran and Russia, hosted President Hassan Rouhani and President Vladimir Putin in Ankara on Monday. It was the fifth summit since 2017.

Rouhani: Tehran-Ankara ties amicable, strong, developing

TEHRAN – The presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey have stressed that relations between the two countries are amicable, strong and developing in many fields, vowing to work to deepen and develop ties.

Rouhani and Erdogan hold phone talks, call for closer co-op

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for expansion of cooperation in various areas in a phone conversation on Sunday.

Erdogan says open to mediate talks between Tehran and Washington

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that he's willing to accept an offer to mediate talks between Iran and the U.S. to ease rising tension in the Middle East, the TRT World reported on Thursday.

Former Egyptian president, dies in court

Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, who was the country's first democratically elected leader, has died, according to Egyptian state media.

Cooperation with neighbors is Iran’s fixed principle: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that cooperation with neighboring countries is a fixed principle of Iran’s foreign policy.

Iran and Turkey push for greater cooperation to help establish regional security 

Rouhani, Erdogan highlight importance of ties

TEHRAN – In a phone conversation on Saturday evening, the presidents of Iran and Turkey put an emphasis on the need to develop ties between the two great neighbors and making joint efforts to settle problems facing the region and the wider Islamic world.

Turkey will purchase Russian S-400 missile systems, President Erdogan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey continues to make payments under a deal with Russia to purchase advanced S-400 air defense missile systems, which Washington has warned could put Ankara at risk of US sanctions.

Trump provokes global anger by recognising Israel’s claim to Golan Heights

Syria has vowed to retake the Golan Heights as Donald Trump’s call for the US to recognise the occupied territory as part of Israel elicited strong responses from Russia, Turkey, and Iran.

Erdogan hails progress with Iran, Russia over Idlib

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that “significant progress” has been made in his country’s ongoing talks with Iran and Russia to secure Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

Fighting terrorism is our common cause, Rouhani says after Sochi talks

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that fighting terrorism is a common cause for Iran, Russia and Turkey.

Iran, Russia and Turkey reaffirms commitment to Syria’s sovereignty

TEHRAN – Iran, Russia and Turkey issued a joint statement on Thursday at the end of Sochi conference on Syrian crisis and reaffirmed commitment to Syria’s sovereignty and independence.

Rouhani to visit Sochi on Thursday

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to leave Tehran for Sochi, Russia, on Thursday to attend a trilateral meeting with Russian and Turkish leaders upon the official invitation by President Vladimir Putin.

By Payman Yazdani

‘U.S. withdrawal from Syria will likely bring to surface differences between Astana partners’

TEHRAN - Commenting on the U.S. dissatisfaction with increased cooperation of Iran, Russia and Turkey,  Member of Turkey’s CHP says U.S. withdrawal from Syria will likely bring to surface differences between Astana partners

Erdogan says plans to meet with Putin, Rouhani

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he plans to meet with his Russian and Iranian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani, TASS reported.

Bolton departs Turkey without meeting with Erdoğan

U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton is preparing to leave Ankara after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denied his requested meeting.

By Emir Eksioglu

Who will be the leader of Turkey after Erdogan?

ISTANBUL - Since President Erdogan has been successful in every election he has entered for years, there is a view that "Erdogan will never lose" which is accepted by most of the people in Turkey. This is actually a reasonable view because, despite several adverse events, Erdogan and the AK Party have been superior to the polls for years.

Russia to host Rouhani-Putin-Erdogan summit on Syria

TEHRAN – Russia announced on Friday it will host a three-way summit with Turkey and Iran on the Syrian conflict early next year.

By Javad Heirannia

Erdogan government certainly does not like the Assad regime: ex-CIA official

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The Syrian Kurds now have a much stronger incentive than before to reach some sort of understanding with the Assad regime--possibly pledging loyalty to the regime in return for a degree of autonomy in northeast Syria.” 

Trump 'accepts Erdogan's invitation' to visit Turkey in 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey's leader. 

Iran, Turkey express dismay over regional impacts of sanctions

TEHRAN – Iran and Turkey issued a joint statement on Thursday criticizing the U.S. move in leaving the 2015 nuclear deal and ordering sanctions on Iran.

Iran, Turkey pledge to promote economic ties to reach $30bn trade target

Iran and Turkey have agreed to step up their economic cooperation with the aim of reaching a $30-billion target set for their annual trade, voicing concern over the re-imposition by the US of unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, a move which they say could affect the entire region's economy.

Turkey’s Erdogan officially welcomes Iran’s Rouhani

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, who is in Ankara for two days of high-level talks on a wide range of issues, particularly bilateral economic ties.