2025-08-15: Syria Roundup

So far today: 2025-08-15 08:19am GMT

Jason Ditz (2025-08-14). Turkey FM Warns He Won't Tolerate Syrian Kurds Becoming Israeli Pawns. news.antiwar.com Syria's Foreign Minister was in Ankara today meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, and Fidan took the opportunity, as Turkish officials so often do, to rail about the Kurds threatening regional stability. This time, the warnings were directed at the Kurdish SDF, and their primary component the YPG. Fidan accused the YPG of "stalling …

Jason Ditz (2025-08-14). Turkey Defense Deal With Syria Includes Training and Arms — Stops Short of Turkish Bases. news.antiwar.com As Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) tries to grow its national military after the takeover of the country in December, it was inevitable that Turkey, a heavy backer of the HTS during its offensives last year, would end up playing a big role. Syria and Turkey have now signed a defense deal which will see …

tn.ai (2025-08-14). Iranian, UK Diplomats Discuss Regional Security. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson and the British ambassador to Tehran held talks about issues concerning regional peace and security.

eng.belta.by (2025-08-14). Belarus, Kenya eager to expand political, economic cooperation. eng.belta.by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kenya Dmitry | Krasovsky has presented the copy of his credentials to Head of Kenya's | State Protocol Service Henry Wambuma.

SKWAWKBOX (2025-08-14). Genocidaire Hotovely's diary shows meetings with string of peers, MPs, lobbyists and Labour donors. skwawkbox.org FOI demand in Israel reveals how many are happy to cosy up to Israeli ambassador despite genocide incitement Far-right Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely is notorious for comments justifying the destruction of Gaza's schools, hospitals and homes, telling LBC that "every school, every mosque, every second house" in Gaza is cover for Hamas tunnels and is …

Dave DeCamp (2025-08-14). Mike Huckabee Justifies Israeli Military Killing of Aid Seekers in Gaza. news.antiwar.com In an interview published by The Times of Israel on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee justified the Israeli military's shooting of unarmed Palestinians attempting to get aid in the Gaza Strip. Defending the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Huckabee downplayed the reports of people being killed by the IDF near GHF sites but …

eng.belta.by (2025-08-14). Lukashenko appoints new ambassadors. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved the appointment of non-resident ambassadors to three countries – Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, and Sudan, as he made personnel decisions on 14 August.

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