Live Updates: Trump to Erdogan: 'Don't Be a Fool'; Syrian Army Enters Strategic Border Town

Erdogan: 'There will be no ceasefire ... We are not worried about any sanctions' ■ Russian, Assad troops move into Syrian territory abandoned by U.S. ■ Pompeo to visit Jerusalem Thursday after Ankara

Trump Says Kurds Are 'Not Angels' as House Overwhelmingly Condemns Syria Withdrawal

Russian troops move into Syrian territory abandoned by U.S. ■ Erdogan: 'There will be no ceasefire ... We are not worried about any sanctions' ■ Assad forces make territorial gains near Manbij following pact with Kurds ■ More than 190,000 people displaced

Opinion Turkey's Problem Isn't Trump, It's Erdogan's Gunboat Economics

Somehow the Istanbul Stock Exchange doesn't seem to be asking how their fearless leader plans to extract economic prosperity from occupied territory

WATCH Israelis Cry 'Shame' Against Kurdish Offensive Outside Turkish, U.S. Embassies in Tel Aviv

Kurdish Iranians also protest outside Turkish embassy in Tehran as Erdogan vows to press ahead with the offensive

Turkey Reportedly Advances on Kobani, City Erdogan Promised Trump He Will Not Attack

U.S. military aircraft carried out a 'show of force' over the border city of Kobani after Turkish-backed fighters came close to American troops based there, a U.S. official said Tuesday

Turkey Arrests 24 Over Criticism of Syria Offensive, Domestic Reports Say

On Wednesday, Anadolu said 24 of the 186 people who had been detained for criticising the operation on social media had been formally arrested

Analysis Democracy Is Still Under Siege, Despite Orbán and Netanyahu’s Election Defeats

While the Hungarian leader suffered a rare defeat in Sunday’s key municipal elections, Poland’s ruling nationalist party cemented its position in power — increasing its vote by 6 percent

Live Updates: Russia Moves Into Syrian Territory Abandoned by U.S.

Assad forces make territorial gains near Manbij following pact with Kurds ■ Kremlin says Turkey cannot stay in Syria ■ U.S. to push for ceasefire, dispatches Pence to Mideast ■ 190,000 people displaced in 7 days of fighting

Syrian Troops Return to Northeast as Turkish-led Forces Advance

Pence 'dispatched' to Middle East, will visit Turkey after Trump announces sanctions on NATO ally

As Kurd-allied Assad Forces Push Into Syria, Trump Says He Will Sanction Turkey

Syrian government troops enter former ISIS stronghold ■ Turkey-backed Syrian fighters begin offensive to capture Manbij, setting stage for direct clashes with Kurdish forces

Opinion Kurdish Leader: Trump Just Stuck a Knife in the Back of America's Brothers-in-arms

The international community must choose: Enforce a no-fly zone over northern Syria – or join Trump's cowardly betrayal of the Kurds, and his appeasement of a murderous Islamist-fascist Turkish government

Opinion A Right Winger’s Moment of Glory

Opinion Trump Is Complicit in Erdogan's Ethnic Cleansing

What Turkey's president is openly planning is the forced exchange of one ethnic population for another. That’s Ethnic Cleansing 101. And Trump rolled over to let it happen

Analysis Destroying Books and Jailing Dissidents: Erdogan's Cultural Purge Is in Full Swing

Since 2016, more than 300,000 books have reportedly been confiscated in Turkey, including textbooks banned for mentioning Pennsylvania, where Erdogan rival Fethullah Gulen is exiled

Defying Pentagon, Trump Backs Turkish Operation in Syria Targeting U.S.-backed Kurds

U.S.-backed militia says American forces failed to meet their commitments, as Washington informs Kurds it wouldn't protect them against imminent Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria to 'clear terrorist elements'

Turkey Adds Troops to Syrian Border as Erdogan Vows Imminent Incursion

'We will not hesitate to turn any unprovoked attack by Turkey into an all-out war on the entire border to defend ourselves and our people,' U.S.-backed Syrian force SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali said

Turkey's Erdogan Urges Caution Over Blaming Iran for Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities

Turkish president says he 'doesn't think it's the right thing' to blame Tehran for the attack that knocked out more than 5 percent of global oil supply

Erdogan Says He Will Discuss Buying U.S. Patriot Missiles With Trump

The U.S. has mentioned the possibility of sanctions on Turkey after its purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system

Analysis Erdogan Has an Army of Syrian Refugees, and He's Not Afraid to Use It

Turkey's threat to flood Europe with refugees is meant to pressure the U.S. to allow Turkey to establish a safe zone in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria

Turkey Releases Five Opposition Journalists From Prison

Accused of supporting 'terror groups' after the 2016 failed coup, Cumhuriyet staff had been in jail for over two years

German Firm Suspected of Selling Spyware to Turkey, Investigation Finds

The software, named Finspy, was allegedly deployed on phones of activists in a 2017 protest against mass arrests by President Tayyip Erdogan's government

Turkey Plans to Return 1 Million Syrians, Threatens to Flood Europe With Refugees

Erdogan has threatened to allow 3.6 million Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for Western countries unless a so-called 'safe zone' inside Syria is established soon

Erdogan: Unacceptable Turkey Can't Have Nuclear Weapons, While Israel Allowed to 'Scare' Neighbors

'We have Israel nearby, as almost neighbors. They scare (other nations) by possessing these. No one can touch them'

Erdogan Says Turkey to Launch Own Syria Plan Unless It Secures Control of 'Safe Zone'

Erdogan pledges to put operational plans into effect if talks with the U.S. fail to give Turkish troops control of the area within a few weeks

WATCH Video of Putin Buying Erdogan Ice Cream at Russian Airshow Goes Viral

After spending hundreds of millions on Russia's S-400, Erdogan says Turkey wants to continue defense cooperation with Russia

During Russia Visit, Turkey Will Ask Putin to Curb Syrian Army

The offensive by Assad's troops in the northwest of Syria is causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening Turkey's national security, Erdogan said last week

Erdogan Says Turkish Troops Will Enter Syria Safe Zone 'Soon'

Turkey has repeatedly said that it would not tolerate any delays to the agreement by U.S. officials, warning that it will mount a cross-border offensive on its own

Turkey Says U.S. Delegation Begins Work on Syria Safe Zone

Ankara seeks to push out U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish militias from border areas inside Syria, considering them terrorists aligned with a Kurdish insurgency in Turkey

Explained Erdogan's Military Move Into Syria Risks Direct U.S.-Turkish Fighting, Undermines War on ISIS

Turkish operation would raise the possibility of an unintended confrontation between two NATO allies