Turkey wants to see an end to armed Kurdish presence close to its border and the return of millions of Syrian refugees

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that his country is “closely” monitoring the developments in Syria, adding that Ankara is 'ready to do whatever we must to extinguish the fire' in the region.

Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of Aleppo and dozens of nearby towns and villages. Experts think that Turkey, which influences the large coalition of rebel fighters that are occupying the country’s second-largest city,