Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that a meeting with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad is a possibility, suggesting that the two sides are close to mending fences after 11 years.

Syrian government forces and local villagers block a US military convoy in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah, forcing it to retreat.

Local residents have prevented a US military convoy from passing through a community in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, and forced it to turn around.

Syrian government forces have prevented a US military convoy from passing through a community in the northeastern province of Hasakah and forced it to turn around.

The Syrian army is expanding its presence in northern Syria as separatist Kurdish forces withdraw.

US-sponsored SDF militants have abducted ten civilians in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah amid public rage over their presence and arbitrary practices.

Villagers, backed by government forces, have prevented a US military convoy from passing through a community in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, and forced it to turn around.