Syria

Russia and Turkey announced a ceasefire agreement for Syria on Thursday afternoon that directly rebukes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s demands earlier in the day—dashing U.S. hopes that Turkey could help roll back Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s control of the country.Pompeo told reporters on Thursday morning that it was…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he hoped decisions made at his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday would ease the situation in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, where conflict has escalated in recent weeks. Speaking in front of cameras at the start of their meeting,…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal on Thursday in Syria’s Idlib region, their two leaders said after talks in Moscow to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in three months. Russian President Vladimir Putin, standing next to his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan,…

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after a migration summit at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeBERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told fellow conservative lawmakers that she is in favor of setting up safety zones in northern Syria where…

(Bloomberg) -- Angela Merkel may meet as soon as Friday with the leaders of France, Russia and Turkey amid growing tensions surrounding the conflict in Syria.A meeting with Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be on Syria and the refugee crisis, Michael Grosse-Broemer, the caucus whip from…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, listens to a question during a joint news conference with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,(unseen) in Kabul, Afghanistan February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it is considering helping to increase humanitarian…

Key point: Just after midnight on December 3, a Turkish military convoy was rolling into a military outpost west of Saraqeb in Idlib province when at 1:13 AM deadly artillery fire came raining down from the sky.The barrage, which originated from Syrian Arab Army forces, killed eight Turkish soldiers and supporting…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region, the TASS news agency reported. The ministry issued the warning after Turkey shot down…

FILE PHOTO - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov leaves the second day of the European Union leaders summit, held to discuss the EU's long-term budget for 2021-2027, in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Francois LenoirSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria has seen no significant increase in migrants breaching its border with Turkey,…

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign affairs Dominic Raab is seen outside Downing Street in London,, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Peter NichollsLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it will be calling for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed by…