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ANKARA (Reuters) - A fragile ceasefire was holding along Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, two days after President Tayyip Erdogan agreed the truce to allow Kurdish forces time to pull back from Ankara’s cross-border assault. Erdogan agreed the truce …

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that no U.S. troops will take part in enforcing the so-called safe zone in northern Syria and the United States "is continuing our deliberate withdrawal from northeastern S…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey aims to establish 12 observation posts in a planned so-called safe zone in northern Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding Ankara would respond if the Syrian government “makes a mistake” in the region. Ankara agre…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he would discuss with Russia’s Vladimir Putin next week what steps to take in a planned “safe zone” in northeast Syria, adding that Moscow needs to lead efforts in the west to establish peac…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France’s president on Friday bemoaned Turkey’s offensive into northern Syria as “madness” and decried the North Atlantic Organisation’s (NATO) inability to react to the assault as a “serious mistake.” “I consider what’s happened in the …

(Bloomberg) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wont forget a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump that warned him not to be a fool, a tough guy or a devil, and vowed a response to what he said was a missive out of line with diplomatic courte…

It is not unusual for the United States to demolish its own bases before departing a battlefield. It has done so in Afghanistan and Iraq. But that work is normally done by bulldozers or explosives in a calm, orderly way, not with last-minute airstrikes. And t…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the United States has accepted "the importance and functionality" of a "safe zone" long-pushed by Turkey and says Turkish Armed Forces will control such a zone under an agreement reached with the United States. …

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Ece Tok…

ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Thursday there was “great news out of Turkey” after a U.S. delegation held talks in Ankara over Turkey’s military incursion into northeast Syria. “Thank you to (Turkish President Tayyip) Erdo…