Daily Memo: Renewed Tensions in Syria, Washington and Brussels Reach Truce

Turkey is reportedly planning a new offensive in northeast Syria.

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Rumblings in Syria. Turkish forces fired heavy artillery over the weekend at a Syrian village called al-Dibs, located on the Aleppo-Hasaka M4 highway north of Raqqa, as speculation grows that Ankara is planning a new offensive in northeast Syria. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had mobilized new recruits in Raqqa and Hasaka to plan for […]

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