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An F-15E Strike Eagle at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, November 12, 2015. Flickr/US Air Force As the Syrian crisis pits Turkish troops against former US-allied Kurdish forces, Pentagon officials have been reviewing plans to remove 50 nuclear bombs stored at a …

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey criticized the United States on Thursday for treating the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a “legitimate political figure”, underlining continued tensions with Washington despite the end of its offensive…

Others have come out to help and we welcomed them to do so; other countries have stepped forward, Mr. Trump said, appearing to refer to the hours of negotiations in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday between Mr. Putin and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. They…

President Donald Trump, facing harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his abrupt decisions on Syria, announced on Twitter Wednesday morning that he will make a statement at the White House at 11 a.m. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald T…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin assured him that Kurdish YPG militants will not be allowed to remain in Syria along the Turkish border wearing “regime clothes.” Erdog…

Russia and Turkey have reached an agreement to share control of Syria's northern bordersuperseding a deal, between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence that was reached last Thursday. Interested in Syria? Add Syria as an interes…

Over 7,100 refugees arrived in Iraq from Syria within seven days, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as Turkish forces targeted Kurdish regions after the U.S. withdrew troops. Interested in Syria? Add Syria as an inte…

BAGHDAD U.S. troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraqs military said Tuesday as American forces continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkeys invasion of the border region. The statement…

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Tuesday denounced Turkey’s leader as a thief for attacking the northeast of his country and reiterated a pledge to retake all areas lost to Damascus in years of civil war, state media reported. Assad ma…