Turkey was expected to put heavy emphasis on its security concerns in Syria, where it has been fighting a Kurdish-led force. Just before Blinken boarded a flight to Turkey, he said the role of a ...

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On Thursday, Erdogan assured Blinken Turkey would never ease up in the fight ... began his tour in Jordan on Thursday on his 12th visit to the Middle East since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Turkey on Friday to discuss the developments in Syria after the toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad, a Turkish official source said Wednesday.

During his visit to Jordan, Blinken also acknowledged Turkey's concerns regarding the PKK and terrorism, urging caution to avoid escalating tensions within Syria. Blinken highlighted the ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he had asked Turkey to use its influence with Hamas to get the Palestinian Islamist movement to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. "We talked about ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that they are working closely with their NATO ally Turkey to find a resolution to Turkey’s “legitimate concerns ...

A Syrian opposition source told Reuters the U.S. and Turkey had reached an agreement on the withdrawal. Neither Blinken nor Fidan made any reference to the agreement, but the U.S. official traveling ...