Tayyip Erdogan

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Syria behind closed-doors on Thursday, diplomats said, after Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in the northeast of the country. The discussion of the sit…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Two mortar shells hit the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, but there were no casualties, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday shortly after Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Sy…

ANKARA (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the foreign ministry on Wednesday to be briefed on Turkey’s military offensive into northeastern Syria, broadcaster CNN Turk said, minutes after Ankara launched its cross-border operation. Tur…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Several large explosions on Wednesday rocked the northeast Syrian town of Ras al Ain, on the border across from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar, a CNN Turk reporter said, adding that the sound of planes could he heard above. He said smo…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call Turkey’s planned operation into northeastern Syria, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday, as Ankara gears to launch its cross-border offe…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Senior Turkish and U.S. officials discussed measures for the formation of a “safe zone” in northeastern Syria and possible steps after a Turkish offensive in the region, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday, as Ankara poised to launch its oper…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s preparations and deployments for its planned military offensive in northeastern Syria are continuing, broadcaster NTV cited Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as saying on Wednesday. Earlier, an aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley took part in a recent call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. “Giv…

4. The commander of a Kurdish militia said it would attack Turkish forces if they entered northeastern Syria, which Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said was imminent. We will resist, the commander, Mazlum Kobani, told The Times. Above, a U.S.-backe…

Kurdish citizens wave their group's flags as they protest against the Turkish opera: AP Donald Trump has attempted to justify allowing Turkey to invade Syria, by claiming the country helped the US save many lives in Idlib. The president also stressed Turkey…