ISIL has lost all territory along Syria-Turkey border, Turkey says
A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Suruc, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.
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The Latest: German leader hopeful of calming Turkey tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's hopeful after meeting the Turkish president that Turkey will soon lift a ban on German lawmakers visiting their country's military personnel at a Turkish air base. Merkel met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday at the Group of 20 summit in China.
The Latest: Obama vows support for Erdogan after failed coup
3, 2016, on ... . Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Sept.
What will Obama and Erdogan discuss?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unhappy with the United States. Despite Vice President Joe Biden's high-profile visit to Ankara Aug. 24, the embattled leader of the key NATO nation was not assuaged that the U.S. is a reliable ally.
Biden welshes on promised meeting with Syria heckler
Vice President Joe Biden did not meet with the man who interrupted his speech at a recent campaign rally for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, despite giving his "permission" to do so in front of crowd in Parma, Ohio. While speaking Thursday, Biden momentarily put his speech on hold as he addressed a heckler who repeatedly yelled that his friend died in recent combat in Syria.
Syria, Brexit on Obama’s agenda in China
U.S. President Barack Obama is continuing his diplomatic slog in China on Sunday, meeting with counterparts from the United Kingdom and Turkey -- two essential U.S. allies -- as each leader confronts widespread internal strife back home. It's the second day of high-stakes diplomacy for Obama, who arrived here Saturday to an inauspicious welcome: no red-carpeted stairs for Air Force One and open quarreling on the tarmac between Chinese and U.S. officials over press access.
11 soldiers reported killed in Turkey
Launching his final tour through Asia, President Barack Obama arrived in China on Saturday planning to spotlight U.S.-Chinese cooperation on climate change. The emerging partnership between the two biggest carbon... Setting aside their cyber and maritime disputes, President Barack Obama and China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday sealed their nations' participation in last year's Paris climate change agreement.
Why Obama shouldn’t expect much from the G20
Behind the forced smiles and obligatory handshakes that mark what could be President Barack Obama's final encounters with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin this Sunday at the G20 lurks one undeniably inconvenient reality: These days, more divides Russia and Turkey from the United States than unites them. Where you stand in life and politics has everything to do with where you sit.
Obama, China ratify climate agreements
President Barack Obama is embarking on a final bout of delicate overseas diplomacy before his successor is elected in November, arriving in Asia on Saturday for meetings with some of his most nettlesome counterparts. Obama used his first appearance in China to herald newly ratified climate agreements, an area of cooperation with China amid persistent differences.
A Changing Landscape in the Syrian War
A Turkish boy waves to Turkish tank convoy driving into Syria from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 26, 2016. On Friday, after four years of conflict, buses evacuated about 8,000 of the remaining residents of the Syrian town of Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, something that brought cheers from pro-government fighters.
A weakening of the U.S.-Turkish alliance is a concern for the United States
Turkish soldiers seat in a tank driving to Syria from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 27, 2016. Turkey shelled Kurdish militia fighters in Syria on August 26 on the second day of a major military operation inside the country, saying they were failing to observe a deal with the US to stop advancing in jihadist-held territory.
Turkey sends more tanks to Syria, insists on Kurdish retreat
In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Syrian Kurdish militia members of the YPG make a V-sign next to a drawing of Abdullah Ocalan, jailed Kurdish rebel leader, in Esme village in Aleppo province, Syria. A Turkish military expedition into Syria has threatened a Kurdish political project just as Kurdish forces seemed on the verge of connecting their northern Syrian zones.
Kurdish forces say withdraw from north Syrian town amid Turkish pressure
Kurdish forces announced Thursday their withdrawal form Manbej, a north Syrian town they captured from the Islamic State group two weeks ago. The People's Protection Units said the allied forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces left the town after completing the mission of liberating it from the IS.
Turkish tanks cross into Syria to join U.S.-backed forces in fight…
Turkish and Syrian rebel forces, aided by U.S. aircraft and Special Operations advisers, have launched a major cross-border offensive aimed at capturing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's last stronghold on Syria's border with Turkey. The operation, Turkey's largest direct involvement yet against the militants in Syria, includes Turkish planes, tanks, artillery and special operations units, along with 500 to 700 rebel fighters.
Biden calls on Turkey to be patient in Gulen case
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Turkish authorities on Wednesday to be patient with the U.S. legal system as Turkey seeks the return of a cleric accused of masterminding last month's failed military coup. Biden, who met with Turkish officials in Ankara, said that the extradition process would take time as he reaffirmed Washington's cooperation in the case of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Turkey in cross-border operation to free IS-held Syrian town
Turkish media reports say Turkish artillery on Tuesday launched new strikes at Islamic State targets across ... . A Turkish army tank and an armored vehicle are stationed near the border with Syria, in Karkamis, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016.
After failed coup, Turkey settles into a rare period of unity
ISTANBUL>> President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is normally a divisive figure, loved by his base of religious conservatives and loathed by the rest of society. But there he was recently, sipping tea and making easy chitchat with his political rivals, just before joining them in a rally this month on Istanbul's waterfront to celebrate the failure of an attempted military coup.
The Latest: Erdogan: Syria action against IS, Kurdish group
Turkey's state-run news agency says that police teams have mounted simultaneous raids at multiple locations in Istanbul to detain several suspected members of the Islamic State group. The Anadolu Agency reports the operations took place early on Wednesday in two Istanbul districts and were coordinated by a helicopter flying overhead.
Turkey launches operation to free IS-held Syrian town
Turkey's military and the U.S.-backed coalition forces on Wednesday launched an operation to clear a Syrian border town from Islamic State militants, Turkey's prime minister's office said. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the operation, which began hours after Turkey indicated it would step up its engagement in Syria, began at 4 a.m. with Turkish artillery launching intense fire on Jarablus from the Turkish town of Karkamis, followed by Turkish warplanes bombing IS targets in the town.
Mark Lowen: What will US vice-president find in Turkey?
Turkey's biggest cities have witnessed a spate of deadly bombings and a bloody attempted coup this year. As US Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in the Turkish capital, Ankara, how do relations between the two countries stand? When Barack Obama chose Turkey as the first Muslim country he visited as President, in 2009, the praise here was gushing.