Recep Tayyip Erdogan
US-Backed Fighters Hunt For IS Holdouts In Syria’s Tabqa
US-backed fighters hunted for jihadist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa on Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam...
China Champions Globalisation With New Silk Road Summit
China hosts on Sunday a summit showcasing its ambitious drive to revive ancient Silk Road trade routes and lead a new...
Turkey Says US Arming Kurdish Syria Fighters ‘unacceptable’
Turkey on Wednesday slammed as "unacceptable" a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military...
US To Arm Kurds In Battle For Raqqa
US President Donald Trump has approved supplying weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in...
Erdogan Says US Debates Over Jerusalem Embassy Move ‘wrong’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said debates over the possibility of moving the US embassy in Israel...
Wife Seeks Release of Turkish Businessman Held In Malaysia
The wife of a Turkish businessman detained in Malaysia for alleged terrorism offences made a tearful appeal to the...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Sign Deal To Set Up Syria Safe Zones
Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday signed an agreement to set up four safe zones in Syria that the United Nations...
Russia, Turkey and Iran Pen Deal On Establishing Safe Zones In Syria
Russia, Iran and Turkey have signed a deal calling for safe zones to be established inside Syria so that refugees can...
Russia, Turkey, Iran Ink Deal On Safe Zones In Syria
Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan...
Syria Rebels Return To Peace Talks
Syrian rebels on Thursday resumed participation in peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana centred around a...
Erdogan Says De-Escalation Plan Would ‘half Solve’ Syria Conflict
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a Moscow-backed plan to set up so-called de-escalation zones inside Syria...
Fresh Syria Talks Hit Hurdles As Safe Zones Mooted
Syrian rebels said Wednesday they were suspending participation in a latest round of peace talks aimed at pushing a...
Merkel Meets Putin To Discuss Crises In Syria and Ukraine
Merkel meets Putin to discuss crises in Syria and Ukraine Mr Putin is reportedly keen to hear Mrs Merkel's opinion of...
Turkish Authorities Block Wikipedia Without Giving Reason
Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Officials said “an...
Thai Junta Chief Accepts Trump Invite
Thailand's junta chief has accepted an invitation to visit the White House from President Donald Trump, his spokesman...
Erdogan Seeks To Send Trump Stern Message On Syrian Kurds
By launching air strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters and threatening more action, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...
White House Says Duterte Invitation Is Mostly An Anti-North Korea Move
A top aide on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's invitation to his Philippines counterpart to visit Washington,...
Turkey Sacks 4,000 More Officials In Coup-Bid Crackdown
The Turkish government has sacked almost 4,000 more public officials in what appears to be the latest purge related to...