To that end, Israel and Turkey on Wednesday began a series of talks aimed at preventing confrontation between their militaries as each country conducts discrete operations within Syria.

During Syria's war, Afrin — a majority-Kurdish area in the north — suffered kidnappings by ISIS, airstrikes, sexual violence and torture. I'd last visited Syria before all of that happened ...

Israel and Turkey began a series of talks aimed at preventing confrontation as each country conducts discrete operations within Syria. | Credit: Jalaa Marey / AFP via Getty Images While a new ...