Turkiye attacking Kurds in northern Syria will be dangerous, Iraqi FM tells Davos

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Jan. 23, 2025. (Reuters)
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Updated 23 January 2025
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Turkiye attacking Kurds in northern Syria will be dangerous, Iraqi FM tells Davos

  • Attacking Kurdish forces in northern Syria would create more refugees, Hussein told WEF

DAVOS: Turkiye attacking Kurdish forces in northern Syria would be dangerous and would create more refugees in neighboring Iraq, said Fuad Hussein, Iraq’s foreign minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.


Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal

Updated 07 January 2026
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Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal

  • Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue

A Syrian official said on Tuesday ​it would not be possible to move forward on “strategic files” in talks with Israel without ‌a clear, ‌binding ‌timeline ⁠for ​Israeli troops ‌to quit Syrian territory seized after Bashar Assad’s fall in December 2024.
The official, speaking ⁠to Reuters on ‌condition of ‍anonymity, said ‍the latest round ‍of US-brokered talks in Paris, held on Monday and Tuesday, ​concluded with a US initiative ⁠to suspend all Israeli military activities against Syria.
Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue.