ANKARA Turkish and Syrian officials met in Ankara on Oct. 12 to discuss security cooperation and intelligence sharing amid an anti-terrorism initiative that has been marked by PKK 's decision to disband. The summit brought together Türkiye ’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın with their Syrian counterparts, Asaad al-Shibani, Murhaf Abu Qasra and Hussein al-Salama. The meeting took place under Ankara’s "terror-free Türkiye" initiative.