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Flowers lay next to a portrait in memory of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey, before their talks on Syria in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool photo via AP)

Turkey, Russia vow cooperation after Ambassador Andrei Karlov’s killing

By Suzan Fraser and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

In this still image taken from video released by Baladi News, a Syrian opposition-affiliated media outlet, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, Aleppo kids eat after arriving to the city's countryside as part of an evacuation process that commenced last week. The International Committee for the Red Cross said it has overseen the evacuation of 25,000 people from east Aleppo since rebels effectively surrendered the area to the Syrian government. (Baladi News via AP)

Russia, Iran, Turkey ready to guarantee Syria settlement

By Philip Issa and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Syrians evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, early Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Security Council on Monday approved the deployment of U.N. monitors to the Syrian city of Aleppo as the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the last remaining opposition stronghold resumed after days of delays. (AP Photo)

Aleppo evacuation: Last remaining rebels and civilians await buses

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

Authorities identified the shooter as 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty member of the city's riot control force. The gunman wounded at least three others during the assault before he was killed in a 15-minute chaotic shootout with security forces at the gallery. (Associated Press)

Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to Turkey, killed amid shooting at photo exhibition

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke rises as Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces attack Islamic State positions, in the village of Tob Zawa, outside Mosul, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. A convoy of special forces advanced toward the village of Tob Zawa, Monday, encountering roadside bombs and trading heavy fire with the militants. Loudspeakers on the Humvees blared Iraqi patriotic music as they pushed toward the village. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Turkish-trained militias in the fight for Mosul, U.S. eyes larger role for country in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Egypt's subtle support for Assad and close ties to Russia, for example, puts the most populous Arab nation at odds with the Saudis, who support anti-government Islamist rebel groups in Syria and sees no alternative to Assad's departure. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Kremlin: demands for Assad’s departure “thoughtless”

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

While Defense Secretary Ashton Carter prepared for his trip to Turkey, a senior Iraqi general on Wednesday called on Iraqis fighting for the Islamic State to surrender as a wide-scale operation to retake Mosul entered its third day. Story, A11. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasts U.S.-led campaign against ISIS ahead of Ashton Carter’s Turkey visit

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2016 photo, militiamen loyal to former Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi train at their camp near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Having received training from Turkish military advisers, hundreds of Nujaifi's mainly Sunni fighters are preparing to take part in the upcoming liberation of Mosul, the Islamic State's last urban stronghold in Iraq. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq angers Baghdad

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is attacking members of the military, teachers, lawyers, doctors, and even Supreme Court justices and prosecutors. (Associated Press/File)

Turkey vows to keep attacking U.S.-backed Syrian Kurd forces

By Cinar Kiper - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers are seen on the Asian side of Istanbul in this Friday, July 15, 2016, file photo. A group within Turkey's military has engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup, the prime minister said, with military jets flying over the capital and reports of vehicles blocking two major bridges in Istanbul. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told NTV television: &quot;it is correct that there was an attempt,&quot; when asked if there was a coup. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) ** FILE **

Turkey quashes coup; Erdogan vows ‘heavy price’ for plotters

By Suzan Fraser and Dominique Soguel - Associated Press

Turkish soldiers block Istanbul's iconic Bosporus Bridge on Friday, July 15, 2016, lit in the colours of the French flag in solidarity with the victims of Thursday's attack in Nice, France. A group within Turkey's military has engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup, the prime minister said, with military jets flying over the capital and reports of vehicles blocking two major bridges in Istanbul. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told NTV television: "it is correct that there was an attempt," when asked if there was a coup. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish military in attempted coup, prime minister says

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Some see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan using even the rumors of a military takeover as a way to consolidate his already growing powers and curb political dissent. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses Turkey military coup buzz to expand powers, curb dissent

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, flanked by his wife Emine Erdogan, waves as he arrives to inaugurate the Diyanet Islamic Cultural Center in Lanham, Maryland, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Erdogan has vowed to back Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. During his visit to the United States, Erdogan told an Azerbaijani reporter that "we will support Azerbaijan to the end." The remarks were quoted by the presidency on Sunday.(Kayhan Ozer, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)

EDITORIAL: With Turkey, work ahead for President Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Security and forensic officials work at the site of Sunday's explosion in the busy center of Turkish capital, Ankara Monday, March 14, 2016. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a car bomb that went off close to bus stops. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing

By Suzan Fraser - The Washington Times

strategic allies: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (right) has agreed to let Russian President Vladimir Putin deploy a slew of military vehicles to a base just outside the Armenian capital of Yerevan. (Associated Press)

Armenia pulled into Russia-Turkey clash in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkish soldiers Thursday mourned Sgt. 1st Class Feyyaz Ilhan, one of the 28 people killed in an Ankara explosion Wednesday. The attack, blamed on a Kurdish group, raised tensions with the U.S. (Associated Press)

Turkey blames Obama’s muddled Syria policy for fueling its security crisis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A burning vehicle seen after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, after assailants exploded a car bomb near vehicles carrying military personnel in the Turkish capital, killing several people and injuring scores of others, officials said. The explosion occurred during evening rush hour in the heart of city, in an area close to where military headquarters and the parliament are located. (AP Photo)

Turkey blames Kurdish rebels, Syria for Ankara attack

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A police officer clears the area of an explosion in Ankara, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, after assailants exploded a car bomb near vehicles carrying military personnel in the Turkish capital, killing several people and injuring scores of others, officials said. The explosion occurred during evening rush hour in the heart of city, in an area close to where military headquarters and the parliament are located. (Mustafa Kirazli/Cihan News Agency via AP)

5 killed, 10 injured in explosion in Ankara

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Riot police secure the area after an explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station, wounding five people, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. The explosion was caused by a bomb left on barriers on the overpass, according to Atilla Aydiner, the mayor for Istanbul's Bayrampasa district.(AP Photo/Cagdas Erdogan)

Turkey thwarts New Year’s terror plot, arrest two ISIS militants

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of S-400 missiles in Syria as he and other officials in Moscow escalated a war of words with Ankara after Tuesday's shootdown, which Turkey claims was justified on grounds that two Russian fighters ignored repeated warnings to change direction after entering Turkish airspace. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin orders S-400 missiles to Syria after Turkey downs Russian jet

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times