Turkiye can play key role in EU engagement with Syria

Türkiye holds the key to Europe’s strategic return to Syria

As Syria enters a new political era, Türkiye’s growing influence offers the European Union a critical opportunity to reshape regional security, accelerate reconstruction, and establish a powerful new geopolitical partnership. The Middle East is entering a new geopolitical chapter, and Syria has become one of its most important strategic arenas. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fundamentally changed the regional balance of power, creating…

Turkiye can play key role in EU engagement with Syria

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas visited Damascus this week, where she said that Brussels wanted to “upgrade” its partnership with Syria and help boost the country’s recovery, but she also called for further domestic reform. Following the fall of the Bashar Assad regime, the EU launched a new chapter with Syria. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen told Syria’s new President Ahmad Al-Sharaa that Europe woul…