Turkey’s priorities in Syria just don’t match the US’s – and its increasingly authoritarian domestic politics don’t help.
The sustained assault on IS’s two main strongholds could be followed by years of local and global insurgency.
The annual G7 talks in Italy this week will be dominated by discussions on how to persuade Russia to distance itself from the Assad regime in Syria in the wake of last week’s chemical attack.
Hospitals are struggling to cope with treating victims of the recent chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in the north-western Syrian province of Idlib.
The Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire deal with rebel groups across the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced.