By bnm Gulf bureau Turkey has announced multiple initiatives to engage with Syria's new government, including planned energy cooperation and a framework for refugee returns, as Ankara moves to normalise relations following President Bashar al-Assad's collapse.

Tensions in northeast Syria between Kurdish-led authorities and Turkish-backed groups should be resolved politically or risk "dramatic consequences" for all of Syria, the United Nations envoy for the country Geir Pedersen told Reuters on Monday.

Turkey is planning to start negotiations with Syria to delineate maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

Hostilities escalated between Syrian rebels backed by Ankara and the US-backed SDF in the north-east. Read more at straitstimes.com.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Syria's future is "hanging by a thread" as she called on Turkey to help stabilize the country during a visit to Ankara. "Syria must neither become a pawn of foreign powers nor an experiment by radical forces,

An Energy Ministry delegation will visit Syria 'soon' to discuss possible energy cooperation including transmitting electricity to ease power

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday received Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara,

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could operate in Syria’s contested airspace.

Turkey has launched series of military operations in northern Syria with the goal of securing its southern border from Kurdish forces and establishing a 'safe zone' for Syrian refugees.

This article examines the implications of Turkey's rise as the dominant foreign power in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government, focusing on the regional rivalry with Iran and the uncertain future of the Kurds.

Turkey expects foreign countries will withdraw support for Kurdish fighters in Syria following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, President Tayyip Erdogan said, as Ankara seeks to isolate Kurds who have long fought alongside U.