Tayyip Erdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) - The Kurdish YPG militia is expected to initially withdraw from a 120-kilometre (75 mile) strip of the border with Turkey in northeast Syria as part of an agreement brokered by Washington, a Turkish security source said on Tuesday. The sou…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will press on with its military operation in northeast Syria “with determination” after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire expires later on Tuesday if promises given by Washington have not been kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey sa…

* Turkey has backed anti-Assad rebels in Syrian civil war * Turkish sources cite covert Damascus-Ankara contacts * Say contacts aimed at avoiding risk of military confrontation * Erdogan to meet Putin in Russian resort of Sochi on Tuesday By Orhan Coskun …

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan took full advantage of the fallout from Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from northern Syria in early October. Turkish forces swooped into northern Syria soon after, displacing thousands of Kurds and killing dozen…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech at the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, has said the military offensive in Syria is not a land grab. Erdogan also criticised Turkeys allies for not supporting what he calls a fight against terrorists. Al Jazee…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey would take “necessary” further steps in northeastern Syria after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the day that a five-day Washington-brokered ceasefire expires. …

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran rejects Turkey’s establishing of military posts inside Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday, adding that the integrity of Tehran’s key regional ally should be respected. “We are against Ankara’s estab…

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is under severe pressure after a disastrous run which saw his impeachment defense shredded by current and ex-officials and, most stunningly, by his own acting White House chief of staff. He must also placate fellow Republicans on…

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is leaning toward approving a new Pentagon plan to keep a small contingent of American troops in eastern Syria, perhaps 200 special operations forces, a senior administration official told The New York Times on Sunday. …

President Donald Trump’s recent letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the target of Twitter mockery last week for its both threatening and flippant nature, and Hillary Clinton wanted in on the fun.  In a Sunday tweet, the former Democratic …