BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): U.S. President Donald Trump the past week has spoken of pulling out of Syria "very soon." But American forces have been setting up new front-line positions outside the strategic northern town of Manbij, west of the Euphrates ...
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ The leaders of three major players in Syria -- Russia, Iran and Turkey -- ended a summit Wednesday with a commitment to achieving a "lasting ceasefire" in Syria, even as the future role of US forces in the ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Russia's Vladimir Putin have strengthened ties in recent years despite some strains over Syria (AFP Photo/ADEM ALTAN)/ Ankara (AFP) - Turkey and Russia have bolstered cooperation since the 2015 downing of a Russian jet caused a ...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for Turkey's first nuclear power station at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on April 3, 2018 (AFP Photo/ADEM ALTAN)/ Ankara (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara Wednesday for a second trilateral summit, part of ongoing efforts to end the Syrian civil war. Iran, Russia and Turkey, the main backers of the opposing sides in ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held their first trilateral meeting on Syria in Sochi last November (AFP Photo/Mikhail KLIMENTYEV)/ Ankara (AFP) - Iran, Russia and Turkey have teamed up to forge a strong if brittle ...
Vladimir Putin (L) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have forged an increasingly close alliance, as tensions with the West grow (AFP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin)/ Ankara (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday arrived for a visit to Russia's increasingly close partner Turkey aimed ...
The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey have promised to increase efforts to end unrest in Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Ankara on Wednesday. A joint statement by the three countries said they wanted to ...
Turkey, Iran and Russia pledged on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to bring stability to Syria, underlining their joint commitment to the country a day after President Donald Trump raised the prospect of withdrawing U.S. troops. A statement by the three countries after a summit meeting of their ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP)/ The leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey met Wednesday for ...
Turkey, Iran and Russia pledged on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to bring stability to Syria, underlining their joint commitment to the country a day after President Donald Trump raised the prospect of withdrawing U.S. troops./ A statement by the three countries after a summit meeting in the ...
Following a summit in Ankara, the presidents of Iran, Turkey, and Russia have expressed determination to "speed up their efforts to ensure calm on the ground" in Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Hassan Rohani of Iran agree that the conflict can be ...
The US President's remarks about wanting to bring troops home from Syria may have complicated talks on how events should play out in the war-torn state/ Three is company. But if the trilateral dialogue format in international diplomacy seldom produces concrete results, that is because it cannot ...
The leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia said on Wednesday it was important to prepare the ground for the return of Syrians displaced by conflict in their country, Iranian state television reported. It also quoted a statement issued at the summit of the three presidents in Ankara as saying they ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held talks in Ankara on Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a three-way summit with Russia on the Syrian conflict./ The three countries are working together to try to reduce the violence in Syria despite supporting opposing sides in the ...
The leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia said on Wednesday they were determined to speed up efforts to ensure “calm on the ground” in Syria, and to protect civilians in “de-escalation areas”, according to a joint statement. The statement was posted on the website of Iranian President Hassan ...
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told the leaders of Turkey and Russia on Wednesday that the Syrian region of Afrin, captured by Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies, should be handed over to Syria’s army, Iranian television said. “The developments in Afrin can only be useful if they do ...
It's a meeting to chart a future for Syria, featuring the major players involved in the country's brutal seven years of war. Russian President Vladimir Putin will sit down with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rohani on April 4 in Ankara for the highest-level ...
The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey started talks on the Syrian conflict in Ankara on Wednesday. Erdogan, is a follow-up to the previous summit by the leaders of the three countries on November 22 in Sochi, Russia. President Hassan Rouhani of Iran flew to Ankara for the summit on Tuesday. ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts his counterparts from Russia and Iran Wednesday for a second trilateral summit on Syria. The three, whose countries have a significant military presence in Syria, are increasingly cooperating to resolve the civil war under the auspices of the ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attacked the United States and Israel for their roles in Syria before he boarded a plane for Turkey where he was scheduled to meet President Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin./ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting ...
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three foreign powers who have shaped Syria’s civil war - Iran, Russia and Turkey - will discuss ways to wind down the fighting on Wednesday despite their involvement in rival military campaigns on the ground./ Syrian and Russian soldiers are seen at a checkpoint near ...
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has warned of the consequences of the presence of unwanted foreign forces in Syria, insisting on Iran’s long-held policy that the Syrian crisis cannot be resolved militarily. “Intervention of foreign forces who entered Syria without permission has added to the ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for resolving Syrian crises through diplomatic talks. “Syrian issue must be resolved through a political solution and by the people of this country,” Zarif told reporters upon his arrival in Turkey to discuss Syrian crises. “Firstly, It is ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...
The Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza's lovers. The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place for courting couples, eager to avoid Gaza's socially conservative gaze. But the road nicknamed "Lovers' ...
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled an Israeli offensive in Gaza City in recent months/ "In these two years, I lost so much," says Emaan al-Wahidi. She is living in a rented garage, struggling each day to find food and clean water, and has been displaced multiple times. Her ...
Israel's devastating military response to the 7 October attacks has destroyed most of Gaza/ After two years of war, there is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families. It is an opportunity, but it is ...
Israel's foreign ministry posted a photo of Thunberg walking through Ben Gurion airport/ Israel has deported Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 170 other pro-Palestinian activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza ...
Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are heading to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to start indirect talks over an end to the Israel-Gaza war. It is the closest both sides have come to a deal since the war began two years ago - which Israel has agreed to and Hamas has partly agreed to - is really just a ...
Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City on Sunday/ All eyes are on Egypt as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the war in Gaza are set to begin on Monday, with the US and Israel pushing for the swift release of hostages. The talks come after Hamas agreed to some parts of a ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to announce the release of hostages being held in Gaza "in the coming days". In a televised statement, he also said "Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarised – either the easy way or the hard way, but it will be achieved". ...
People in Gaza have reacted with shock after US President Donald Trump appeared to welcome Hamas's response to his peace plan for the territory. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded my social media accounts and messaging apps with questions like: "Has the war ended?" and "Is this a dream or ...
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House this week and unveiled the US ceasefire proposal/ Hamas agreeing to release the remaining hostages, albeit subject to negotiations and certain conditions being met, will give real hope to the family members in Israel who have been desperate for this ...