Turkey dispatched its military chief to Moscow Thursday, seeking approval for an air campaign in Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region, although Damascus warned it could shoot down any Turkish planes in its skies. Turkey's foreign minister said the Moscow trip by Chief of Staff Hulusi...

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that a U.S military presence in Syria was illegitimate and represented an "aggression" against Syrian sovereignty, after Washington signaled that its forces would stay in parts of Syria indefinitely. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on...

Turkey said Thursday Washington's denial that it intended to build a border force in Syria was "important," but added Ankara would not remain silent in the face of any force that threatened its borders. Turkey reacted angrily after the U.S.-led coalition said it would help its Syrian...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying the issue, which has incensed Ankara, had been “misportrayed.” Turkey has reacted angrily and warned of an imminent incursion into...