December 23, 2019 Washington Post publisher rips Saudi trial in Khashoggi case as a 'sham' The publisher of The Washington Post ripped the announcement made by Saudi Arabian officials Monday that they had sentenced five men to death for killing Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it "a sham trial."
December 16, 2019 White Helmets rescue group founder died from fall in Istanbul, investigators say James Le Mesurier, the former British soldier who founded the White Helmets volunteer rescue group, died from a fall, Turkish forensic experts said.
December 12, 2019 Senate passes resolution formally recognizing Armenian genocide The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution recognizing as genocide the Ottoman Empire’s mass killing of Armenians a century ago, a move which aggravated already-tense relations between Turkey and the U.S.
November 17, 2019 Russian troops take over abandoned US airbase in northern Syria: report Russian troops took over the Kobani airfield in northern Syria last week, one day after U.S. troops moved out, according to a report.
November 16, 2019 Car bomb rocks Syrian town held by Turkey, more than a dozen killed A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
November 14, 2019 American citizen with suspected ties to ISIS to be repatriated to US after 3-day stay in no man's land An American citizen with suspected ties to ISIS will be repatriated to the United States after a three-day stay in a no man’s land between the borders of Turkey and Greece.
November 14, 2019 Lindsey Graham tears into Erdogan in tense White House meeting South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham ripped into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a tense Oval Office meeting Wednesday over the country’s invasion of Syria and attacks on America's Kurdish allies, according to aides and the senator himself.
November 13, 2019 Trump, Erdogan meet at White House amid strained relations, impeachment inquiry With relations between Washington and Ankara facing historic strains, President Trump on Wednesday held a high-stakes meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just weeks after the latter ordered a controversial invasion of northern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
November 13, 2019 Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in DC for high-stakes meeting with Trump In addition to any fallout from public hearings on the impeachment inquiry that begin Wednesday, President Trump also faces a potentially difficult face-to-face meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
November 12, 2019 American suspected of ISIS connections trapped in no man's land between Turkish, Greek borders: reports A U.S. citizen suspected of being a member of ISIS, is reportedly stuck in a heavily militarized no-man’s land between the borders of the country that kicked him out, Turkey, and the one that refuses to accept him, Greece, officials say.
