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Syria withdrawal without plan can lead to chaos, says US senator during Turkey trip

A US withdrawal from Syria that has not been thought through would lead to “chaos” and “an Iraq on steroids,” Sen. Lindsey Graham warned...

70 percent of Idlib controlled by al-Nusra, says Russian FM Lavrov

The al-Nusra Front, a former affiliate of al-Qaeda in Syria, now occupies 70 percent of Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Safe zone vital for stability, return of Syrian refugees: Turkish FM

Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday said a proposed safe zone in northern Syria is important for both the country's stability and displaced Syrians' return...

US delegation holds two-day talks in Turkey over Patriot sale

A US technical team held two-day talks in Turkey on Tuesday and Wednesday to express specific concerns over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian S-400...

Erdoğan calls for revision of Bosnia peace accords

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for a revision of the 1995 peace agreement that ended the Bosnian War, saying they failed to...

Turkey-Qatar trade hits $2 billion in 2018 as Gulf rift drags on: report

Trade between Qatar and Turkey is expected to have hit $2 billion in 2018, a Turkish official said, up 54 percent from the previous...

HRW report: One-fifth of Turkey’s prison population jailed on terrorism charges

Close to one-fifth of the total prison population in Turkey has been charged with or convicted of terrorism offenses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...

Turkey deports Dutch journalist over alleged terrorist links

Ans Boersma, the Turkey correspondent for Dutch financial newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), was deported on Thursday from İstanbul and sent back to the...

US State Department issues new travel warning for Turkey

The US Department of State on Wednesday advised American citizens and residents to "reconsider travel to Turkey due to terrorism and arbitrary detentions” while...

Erdoğan: Manbij blast might be aimed at affecting US decision on Syria withdrawal

Following a suicide bombing on Wednesday in the northern Syrian town of Manbij that killed 20 people including four Americans, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

German trial observer doesn’t believe YARSAV’s Murat Arslan is a Gülenist

Ingrid Heinlein, a retired German judge who is among the observers of the trial of Murat Arslan, president of the now-dissolved Judges and Prosecutors...

Turkey accused of stealing Syrian olives, selling oil as its own

The government of Turkey has been accused of stealing olives from neighboring Syria, pressing them into oil and selling that oil to European Union...

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