France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published Sunday in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper that "we...

Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has said the struggle between the U.S. and Russia in Syria "must go beyond proxy wars and geopolitical muscling". Writing for the Istanbul-based Daily Sabah, Kalin said: "It must focus on establishing a legitimate, democratic and inclusive political...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday spoke over the phone separately with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to presidential sources. Erdogan discussed the U.S.-led airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria as well as...

The UN Security Council on Saturday rejected Russian resolution condemning joint airstrikes by the U.S., France and the U.K. on Syria. The Security Council convened an emergency meeting at the request of Russia, which condemned US-led airstrikes on Syria overnight. The...