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Binali Yildirim says Bashar Assad must go in any peace accord

The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad's reputation in the west is shattered, his nation is a smoldering ruin and around half the country is controlled by domestic and foreign militias. But through it all, Assad appears to have survived the war, strangely holding on to his seat in at least the near-term. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP, File)

Bashar Assad has no role in postwar Syria: Turkey PM Binali Yildirim says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to halt U.S. use of Incirlik Air Base for its refusal to extradite Fethullah Gulen, whom Mr. Erdogan says was behind a failed coup. (Associated Press)

U.S. base in Turkey held up by Erdogan over American backing of political enemy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The consular services' office of the United States consulate remains closed, in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. The Unites States had suspended non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in Turkey following the arrest of a consulate employee. Turkish officials say Turkey is asking the United States to reverse its decision to suspend non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities, saying both countries' citizens suffer from the move. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)

Second U.S. diplomat in Turkey sought after Metin Topuz’s arrest

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Paramilitary police and members of the special forces escort former Air Force Cmdr. Akin Ozturk and other suspects of last year's failed coup, outside the courthouse at the start of a trial, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Nearly 500 suspects, including a number of generals and military pilots, went on trial in Turkey Tuesday, accused of leading last year's failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey’s failed coup

By Burhan Ozbilici - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with the new Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Alexei Yerkhov, as he submits his credentials, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russian S-400 missile deal with Turkey alarms Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations that includes shutting down Al-Jazeera and cutting diplomatic ties to Iran. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Turkey rejects Gulf Arab states’ demands over its Qatar base

By Adam Schreck and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German parliament group scraps Turkey trip at last minute

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

An alleged assault near the Turkish Embassy by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security guards. (Video still courtesy of Pouyan Bokaei)

Turkey publicly chastises U.S. ambassador for violent D.C. protests

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures while delivering a speech during a rally of supporters a day after the referendum, outside the Presidential Palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, April 17, 2017. Turkey's main opposition party urged the country's electoral board Monday to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to Erdogan, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Latest: Turkish body urges state of emergency extension

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Peter Pilz from the Austrian Green party speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria. Documents presented to the media Thursday March 30, 2017, by senior Austrian lawmaker Pilz purport to show a Turkish global surveillance network aimed at undermining organizations loyal to a Muslim cleric who Turkey believes was behind last year's coup attempt. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, FILE)

Austrian lawmaker alleges global Turkish surveillance

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

Turkey warns Russia following sniper fire from Syria

Associated Press

Turkish protesters denounce alleged coup plotters at court

By CINAR KIPER - Associated Press

FILE - This frame grab from a video provided by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), shows fighters from the SDF opening fire on an Islamic State group's position, in Raqqa's eastern countryside, Syria, Monday, March 6, 2017. The main U.S.-backed force fighting the Islamic State group in Syria has enough fighters to capture the extremists' de facto capital of Raqqa north of the country at a time when U.S. troops are playing a bigger role on the ground in the battle to conquer the city, a spokeswoman for the force said Friday, March 10, 2017. (Syria Democratic Forces, via AP)

Backed by US troops, SDF confident can capture IS ‘capital’

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia's Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and their delegations attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish, U.S. and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The meeting comes amid renewed Turkish threats to hit U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish targets in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

Syria policy debated by Gen. Joseph Dunford and Russian, Turkish counterparts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar talk during a meeting in Incirlik Airbase in Adana, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish and U.S. chiefs of staff have &quot;confirmed&quot; the need to fight terror groups in Syria and Iraq, including the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.(Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

Syria and monitoring group blast Turkey over civilian deaths

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to troops while visiting U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump says he’s sleeping 4-5 hours a night

Associated Press

Turkish anti-terrorism police break a door during an operation to arrest people over alleged links to the Islamic State group, in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, early Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Turkey's state-run agency says anti-terrorism police have detained more than 400 people in simultaneous police operations that spanned several cities, including Istanbul and Gaziantep near the border with Syria, according to the report. (Mahir Alan/Dha-Depo Photos via AP)

Turkish police detain over 440 people in anti-IS operation

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Syrian Kurdish militia members of the YPG make a V-sign next to a drawing of Abdullah Ocalan, jailed Kurdish rebel leader, in Esme village in Aleppo province, Syria, in this Feb. 22, 2015, file photo. (Mursel Coban/Depo Photos via AP, File)

Russia calls for ‘cultural autonomy’ for ethnic Kurds in postwar Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre poses for pictures with managers and players prior to what the organisers said was a soccer match between Turkey's soccer stars against terrorism, in Istanbul, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The match, arranged by the Turkish Football Federation consisted of two all-star teams facing each other made of players from teams competing in Turkish Super League. All ticket revenue will be handed over to the families of people who died in recent bomb attacks in Istanbul and Kayseri. (AP Photo)

Turkey amasses troops along Syrian border as march to Raqqa continues

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times