Turkish-Cypriot move to reopen beach condemned as ‘serious violation’
Cyrus’s president Nicos Anastasiades calls move ‘exceptionally unacceptable’
Turkey pressing for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province
President Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Putin for talks in Moscow
Idlib motorway site of clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces
Russian warplane-backed Syrian army fights Turkish troops close to M5 and Neirab village
Syrian army opens new fronts after short-lived ceasefire
Russian and Turkish inability to end war in Syria has implications for the truce in Libya
The Irish Times view on US troops in Syria: a cynical betrayal of the Kurds
With Trump’s short-sighted decision to withdraw soldiers from the north, the region is suddenly thrust back into strategic and geopolitical uncertainty
Signs of life, scenes of devastation on the road in Idlib province
At least 500 killed, 400,000 displaced so far in northwest Syria campaign against jihadis
Cyprus criticises Turkish Cypriots over plan to reopen ghost town
Cypriot government says Varosha proposal violates UN Security Council resolutions
Reduced US force in Syria will be a face-saver for Trump and Erdogan
After first saying he was pulling out all US troops, Trump has bowed to pressure
Disturbing question of Greek identity rears its head over Macedonia
Greece Letter: Country risks getting bogged down in history when it needs a new future
Turkey castigates call to withdraw army and militias from Kurdish Afrin district
Jihadis in villages of non-Muslim Yazidi Kurds persecute them for their faith and ethnicity
The Irish man ‘fighting fascism’ in Syria: ‘I was always curious how I’d react to battle’
At least three Irish men are fighting with Kurds in Syria, part of an international battalion of ‘villagers, students, sons of butchers, socialists and anarchists’
Turkey courts reaction from Russia and US over attacks on Afrin
Ankara’s taking of Syrian Kurdish enclave proof of strategic power in embattled region
Turkey unleashes deadly strikes against Syrian pro-government forces
At least 36 soldiers killed in third warplane attack on Afrin in 48 hours
Eastern Ghouta and Afrin brace as Syrian forces prepare to enter
Families in enclave near Damascus subsist on one meal a day since army tightened siege
France presses Russia over Syria as more die in besieged rebel area
More than 300 reported killed in Eastern Ghouta in four days as Assad targets rebel pockets
Turkish forces push into Syria as France calls for emergency UN meeting
Turkey’s military forces have entered Afrin province targeting US-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG
Erdogan remains vulnerable despite power grab
Turkish president dismantling country’s secularism, which will alienate liberal Turks
Q&A: Why is Mosul under attack and who is involved?
Iraq’s second largest city has been under the control of Islamic State since June 2014
Isis attacks Turkish border town that hosts Syrian refugees
Many have fled Kilis, a town with 120,000 Syrians, after series of rocket strikes
Tsipras spars on Twitter with Turkish leader over Russian jet
Tweets by Greek prime minister trigger dsmissive response from Turkish counterpart
West and Arab states being forced to rethink Assad
Military action by Moscow places political pressure on other players
Father of drowned Syrian boys prepares to take bodies home
Abdullah Kurdi to return to Kobani to bury family who died after boat to Kos capsized
Turkey flies jets to Syrian border after death of soldier
Government will take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect against Islamic State
Cyprus talks to resume on May 15th
Leaders offer hope in quest for peace on island split between Greek and Turkish Cypriots
US and Turkey rule out ground strikes against Islamic State
Turkey describes as unrealistic any expectation it would conduct a crossborder operation to relieve mainly Kurdish town
Turkey’s secularists pine for fading legacy of Ataturk
Presidential poll tomorrow pits joint opposition against Erdogan of the Islamist AK Party
Turkey denies accusations of promoting ethnic cleansing of Armenians in northern Syria
3,500 people, mainly Armenian Christians, flee north Syrian town after rebel attack
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