Geir Pedersen, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, emphasized the urgent need for a political resolution to the escalating tensions in northeastern Syria between Kurdish YPG fighters and Turkey-backed militants. He warned that failure to address the situation could lead…

The Turkish intelligence agency MIT has focused on munitions and weaponry reportedly acquired by the Kurdish militia YPG from the Syrian government forces in Qamishli, near the Turkish border. Turkish media report that twelve trucks carrying missiles and heavy weaponry…