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Analysis-Efforts to end Kurdish militant conflict in Turkey face Syria test
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation...
Dec 21, 2024
Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...
Dec 17, 2024
Trump says Turkey holds the key to Syria's future
PALM BEACH, Florida - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Turkey will "hold the key" to what happens in Syria, where...
Dec 13, 2024
Blinken says he discussed Gaza ceasefire agreement with Turkish top officials
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he discussed the imperative of Palestinian militant group Hamas'...
Dec 13, 2024
Blinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkey clash in Syria
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing...
Nov 29, 2024
Pope Francis set to visit Turkey for Council of Nicaea anniversary in 2025, ANSA reports
ROME - Pope Francis said on Thursday he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the...
Oct 1, 2024
Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in...
Sep 19, 2024
Sweden postpones Turkey security meeting due to airplane trouble
STOCKHOLM - An airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical...
Sep 13, 2024
Turkey seeks international arrest warrants over citizen killed in West Bank
ISTANBUL - Turkey has opened an investigation into the death of a Turkish-American activist believed to have been shot by Israeli troops...
Aug 17, 2024
Turkish MPs brawl during debate on jailed opposition lawmaker
ANKARA - A fistfight broke out in Turkey's parliament on Friday when an opposition deputy was attacked after calling for his colleague,...
Aug 16, 2024
Turkey, Iraq sign accord on military, security, counter-terrorism cooperation
ANKARA - Turkey and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding on military, security and counter-terrorism cooperation, Turkish...
Aug 12, 2024
Exclusive-Turkey, Syria could meet at ministerial level if conditions suitable, Ankara says
ANKARA - Turkey and Syria could meet at the ministerial level as part of efforts to normalise ties if suitable conditions are created,...
Aug 12, 2024
Exclusive-Turkey's priority is fulfilling NATO responsibilities, defence minister says
ANKARA - Turkey wants to improve its ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), but its priority is fulfilling its...
Aug 3, 2024
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 2, 2024
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 2024
Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday,...
Jul 25, 2024
Putin meets Syria's Assad to discuss Turkey and Israel
MOSCOW/AMMAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin as Moscow nudges the Syrian leader towards a meeting...
Jul 22, 2024
One part of Cyprus mourns, the other rejoices 50 years after split
NICOSIA - Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of part of the...
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