Less than a third of the destroyed homes have been rebuilt, half a million people still live in container settlements, and a large portion of the population continues to suffer from psychological issues related to the disaster
Police, soldiers, and army officers who served under the old regime are registering with the new authorities to demonstrate their renunciation of the dictatorship
Authorities in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region warn that Ankara is preparing an offensive to occupy all the territory they control
After distancing itself from Al Qaeda, the militia spent years trying out an administration in Idlib province that set it apart from other rebel factions and which it is now partially transferring to the rest of the country
The Syrian National Council, the main opposition organization supported by Turkey, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the fundamentalist group leading the offensive, are the predominant actors on which a possible transition period will fall
An operation led by HTS, with roots in Al Qaeda, and rebels allied to Turkey have made their move on the Syrian chessboard in the face of the ineffectiveness of the regime and its allies
Turkey claims to have coordinated the exchange of 24 prisoners, plus two minors, from the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus. Turkish intelligence sources told EL PAÍS that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entrusted his secret service chief to personally handle the case
Hungary’s Orbán, the only NATO ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession, takes step toward breaking deadlock
The Turkish government said that 36 militants were killed in Iraq, and nine others in Syria, in the 24 hours following the attack
Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process in Turkey
Demonstrators headed to Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and gathered in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen and other countries
The attack occurred as parliament was set to re-open with an address by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The May 28 second-round vote will determine whether the country remains under the president’s firm grip or can embark on a more democratic course promised by his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu
The results, whether they come within days or after a second round of voting takes place in two weeks, will determine if the country remains under Erdogan’s control or resumes the more democratic path promised by his main rival
Erdogan sat behind a desk surrounded by Cabinet members, aides and political allies to preside at the event marking the delivery of the first fuel to the Russian-built Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in southern Turkey
The elections will determine whether the country will take a more democratic path or continue on the increasingly authoritarian course set by the strongman politician
International teams are being deployed in the hardest-hit areas of the country but face delays in reaching survivors due to the scale of destruction and fuel shortages
The 7.8 magnitude tremor is the strongest recorded in the region in more than 20 years
