Turkish military preparations in northwest Syria are legitimate measures against a threat from Kurdish forces in the Afrin region, and Turkey will retaliate against any hostile move, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told Reuters on Wednesday. Kurtulmus was responding to the head of the...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying that Germany was "committing suicide" by not letting him speak to Turks in Germany during his visit to the country for a G20 leaders summit, which starts on Friday. "Germany is committing suicide," he told German weekly Die Zeit, adding:...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticized U.S. policy under President Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days before they are due to meet at the G20 summit, for being based on a "winners and losers" view of the world rather than on cooperation. Merkel will host the two-day meeting of...

US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqqa's Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart of the Daesh's (ISIS) Syrian bastion, a spokesman and a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces -- an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters -- entered the historical...