SHOTLIST: ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (OCT. 8, 2025) (TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY - ACCESS ALL) 1. TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN WELCOMING SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASAAD HASSAN AL-SHAIBANI 2. FIDAN AND AL-SHAIBANI POSING FOR PHOTOS 3. FIDAN AND AL-SHAIBANI SEATED FOR MEETINGANKARA, TÜRKİYE - OCT. 8: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani in Ankara on Wednesday, Oct. 8, during al-Shaibani’s working visit to Türkiye. The meeting came after PKK/YPG terrorists recently attacked Syrian security forces with heavy weapons in Sheikh Maqsoud, and also fired mortar shells near Al-Rahman Mosque in Aleppo’s Syriac Quarter, according to an Anadolu correspondent. On Sunday, the PKK/YPG terrorists launched an attack on Syrian security forces in the Deir Hafer area east of Aleppo, sparking clashes between the two sides. On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced an agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, stressing the country’s territorial integrity and rejecting any separatist agenda. The organization, however, violated the agreement more than once. Since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad last December after 24 years in power, the Syrian government has stepped up measures to restore security across the country. Assad fled to Russia, marking the end of the Baath Party’s rule since 1963. A transitional administration headed by President Ahmed Al-Sharaa took office in January.