• WATCH: Trump and Turkey President Erdogan hold joint news conference amid impeachment hearings

    WATCH: Trump and Turkey President Erdogan hold joint news conference amid impeachment hearings

    Nov 13, 2019 09:42 PM EST

    President Donald Trump says Turkey’s purchase of Russian air defense system creates “serious challenges,” but he says he hopes they can be resolved. NATO-member Turkey angered the U.S. when it bought the S-400 system. The U.S. says the S-400 poses a threat to NATO ...

  • Turkey deports Islamic State fighters, including a U.S. national

    Turkey deports Islamic State fighters, including a U.S. national

    Nov 11, 2019 12:09 PM EST

    ... from the United States was deported from Turkey after the procedures at the deportation center were completed," Anadolu quoted Catakli as saying. Catakli stressed that Turkey is determined to return "the foreign terrorist fighters to their own countries."Earlier, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that Turkey is not "a ...

  • Trump to confront Turkey about buying Russian defense system

    Trump to confront Turkey about buying Russian defense system

    Nov 10, 2019 08:06 PM EST

    ... Trump administration removed Turkey from the F-35 program in July. https://youtu.be/W7xlv-osHH0 O'Brien told CBS' "Face the Nation" that if Turkey doesn't get rid of the Russian system, Turkey will likely face U.S. sanctions backed by a bipartisan majority in Congress. Trump is ...

  • Turkey says at least 8 killed by car bomb in northeast Syria

    Turkey says at least 8 killed by car bomb in northeast Syria

    Nov 10, 2019 03:38 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A car bomb in northern Syria killed at least eight civilians and wounded 20 others Sunday in a town near the border with Turkey, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. The explosion struck a town south of the city of Tal Abyad, the ministry said. The city was ...

  • Turkey's Erdogan to meet Trump in Washington next week

    Turkey's Erdogan to meet Trump in Washington next week

    Nov 06, 2019 10:45 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office says Turkey's leader will travel to Washington next week for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Erdogan's planned trip to Washington had been put into doubt following votes in the U.S. House of Representatives aiming to ...

  • Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife

    Turkey captures slain IS leader al-Baghdadi's wife

    Nov 06, 2019 03:37 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say ...

  • Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13

    Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13

    Nov 02, 2019 05:29 PM EST

    Turkish-backed fighters have been advancing in northern Syria since last month, leading to the displacement of about 200,000 people. There have been concerns in Christian villages about possible atrocities by Turkey-backed fighters, which include former jihadists. The SDF said it's deploying the Syriac Military Council and ...

  • Turkey and Russia begin joint patrols in northeast Syria

    Turkey and Russia begin joint patrols in northeast Syria

    Nov 01, 2019 01:29 PM EST

    SEVIMLI, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols Friday in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara's incursion. The patrols will cover two sections, in the west and east of ...

  • House OKs bill punishing Turkey for Syria move

    House OKs bill punishing Turkey for Syria move

    Oct 29, 2019 09:53 PM EST

    A united House has voted overwhelmingly to punish Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria. The 403-16 roll call was Congress' latest show of dismay over President Donald Trump's policies in the region. The measure would restrict arms sales to Ankara and make it harder for top Turkish ...

  • Car bomb explodes in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed fighters

    Car bomb explodes in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed fighters

    Oct 24, 2019 01:12 PM EST

    BEIRUT (AP) — A car boobytrapped with explosives detonated Thursday, wounding four people, in a northeastern Syrian town taken by Turkish-backed forces from Kurdish fighters during Turkey's invasion, Syrian state media and a war monitoring group said. The blast went off in the town of Tal Abyad outside the ...