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Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers were wary about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the White House on Wednesday, calling the timing of the meeting, just one month after Ankara invaded northeastern Syria, “inappropriate.” President ...
Trump’s decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria wasn’t the first time their invisible nation’s dreams of independence have been dashed – and they’re worried it won’t be the last. Mark MacKinnon returns to Kurdish ...
A top American diplomat on the ground in northern Syria has criticized the administration of President Donald Trump for not trying harder to prevent Turkey’s military offensive there last month and said Turkish-backed militia fighters ...
Last week’s overwhelming vote by the House of Representatives in favor of a resolution condemning the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 represented a breakthrough. Hard as it may be ...
Next month’s NATO summit will be a tense gathering, perhaps one of the most tense since the organization’s founding at the end of the Second World War. European members are likely to demand answers for ...
In the spring of 2011 when Syrians first took to the streets to demonstrate their grievances against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the secular opposition in Turkey had just turned to infighting and ...
MANHATTAN (CN) – Some five years ago, Turkey’s soft power suddenly swelled in the United States as the country’s lobbyists and pro-government charities received millions in newfound funding. That was the same year that leaked ...
Enes Kanter, a Turkish NBA player who has been publicly critical of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, criticized Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar Tuesday night for appearing to be on Erdogan’s “payroll.” “What an absolute disappointment ...
Ammar, a Syrian refugee, harvesting parsley alongside Turkish women and children in the border village of Kavalcik.Credit…Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Syrian refugees in this Turkish border town have been celebrating. Every ...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 13 in Washington. ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES The benefits of ...