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During the meetings at the deputy foreign minister level, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov represented their respective countries ...

President Donald Trump appears to want Turkey to play a bigger role in the region, despite its poor human rights record toward the Kurds and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-standing antipathy ...

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Many Istanbul residents have spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake ...

It likely won't lead to the violence and humiliation of other botched departures, including from the same region in 2019 ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas on Wednesday, Turkey’s ...

The official invitation extended by Iraq to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former rebel who overthrew the Assad regime four months ago, presides over a weak interim government that can’t control all of Syria’s war-torn territory. While the ...

Ankara, SANA-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed his country’s determination to continue its efforts to lift international sanctions imposed on Syria through diplomatic channels.

Israel has launched air strikes and ground incursions to keep Syrian forces away from its border, sparking criticism from Ankara. According to a Syrian source close to the matter, Turkey wants to ...