Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops back from northern Syria, saying in an Ohio debate on Tuesday he had endangered America's longtime Kurdish allies while empowering foes Russia and Syria. In the first Democratic...

France said Wednesday that the security of Kurdish-run prisons holding suspected jihadists in northern Syria was "currently" not threatened by a Turkish military operation in the region. "To my knowledge, the Turkish offensive and the positioning of the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) have...

Russia's president Vladimir Putin spoke with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan about Syria by phone and invited him to visit Russia in the next few days, the Kremlin said late on Tuesday. The Kremlin said that in their phone conversation, Putin and Erdogan agreed to ensure Syria's...

Britain and Spain joined other major powers Tuesday in suspending military exports to Turkey following its incursion into northeastern Syria. Britain is carrying out a review of arms sales to its NATO ally, its chief diplomat said. "We will keep our defence exports to Turkey under very...