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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Gambia's President Adama Barrow speak during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Barrow is in Turkey for a two-day state visit.(Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)

How Washington overlooks its important bilateral partnership with Turkey

By Peter Tase

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will attempt to lower the temperature on increasingly heated tensions between the United States and Turkey on Thursday, traveling to Ankara at a moment of clashing military strategies between the two NATO allies in neighboring Syria. (Associated Press)

Rex Tillerson’s trip to Turkey aimed at lowering tensions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepares for a meeting of a U.S.-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State group in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Members of the U.S.-led coalition group met Tuesday at Kuwait's Bayan Palace as American officials are pressing their partners to refocus efforts, overcome rivalries and concentrate on the eradication from Iraq and Syria of the extremist group. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

U.S. tells anti-ISIS coalition to ‘keep eyes on prize’

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Mattis: Allies must take responsibility for Syria detainees

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, watches the troops marching as he and Syrian President Bashar Assad visit the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that could further inflame Russia-U.S. tensions if officially confirmed. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Reports of Russian deaths underscore dangers of Syria’s war

By ROBERT BURNS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that could further inflame Russia-U.S. tensions if officially confirmed. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Reports: Russian contractors killed by US strike in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

US pushes for home countries to take back detainees in Syria

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

US wants foreign fighters in Syria to face justice at home

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 2, 2017, photo, White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. A rotating cast of Trump White House aides will accompanying the president on his trip. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

H.R. McMaster meets with Turkish officials amid growing tensions in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Israeli security stands around the wreckage of an F-16 that crashed in northern Israel, near kibbutz of Harduf, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone it said infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a &quot;large-scale attack&quot; on at least a dozen Iranian and Syrian targets inside Syria, in its most significant engagement since the fighting in neighboring Syria began in 2011. Responding anti-aircraft fire led to the downing of an Israeli fighter plane. (AP Photo/Rami Slush) ***ISRAEL OUT***

The Latest: Netanyahu: Strikes severe blows to Syria, Iran

Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by Yehunda Pinto, the wreckage of a jet is seen on fire near Harduf, northern Israel, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone that infiltrated the country early Saturday before launching a &quot;large-scale attack&quot; on at least a dozen Iranian and Syrian targets in Syria. Israel called it a &quot;severe and irregular violation of Israeli sovereignty&quot; and warned of further action against the unprecedented Iranian aggression. (Yehunda Pinto via AP)

Israeli minister says airstrikes sent clear message to Iran

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Flames rise from a missile, which according to the Lebanon national news agency appears to be part of a Syrian air defense missile targeting an Israeli warplane which landed in a lemon grove, in Hasbani village, southwest Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Lebanon is protesting Israel's use of its airspace to target Syria, saying it will complain to the U.N. Security Council. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Netanyahu speaks to Russia’s Putin about Iran

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov 25, 2013, file photo, technicians inspect an Israeli air force F-16 jet at the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel. The Israeli military says it has shot down an Iranian drone that infiltrated the country and has struck Iranian targets in Syria that launched it. The military says that as part of the unusual event one of its F-16 jets crashed in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel strikes Syria, downs Iranian drone, as F-16 crashes

By ARON HELLER and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

3rd man pleads guilty in Florida terror sting case

Associated Press

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows civil defense workers searching for survivors after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says waves of airstrikes hit at least five neighborhoods in the Eastern Ghouta suburb, the only remaining rebel stronghold near the capital, Damascus. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Russia condemns U.S. strikes on Syrian government troops

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows civil defense workers carrying a wounded man after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Syrian rescue workers and activists say the death toll from ongoing government strikes on the opposition-held region near the capital Damascus has risen to at least 35. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

For US in Syria, end game gets murkier as IS shrinks

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a civil defense worker carrying a victim after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Syrian rescue workers and activists say the death toll from ongoing government strikes on the opposition-held region near the capital Damascus has risen to at least 35. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Syria says rare US strike an effort ‘to support terrorism’

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Russian honorary guards stand next to a coffin with the body of Russian Roman Filipov, the pilot of the Su-25 jet who ejected after Syrian insurgents shot down his plane traded fire with militants on the ground and then blew himself up to avoid being captured, during a funeral service in Voronezh, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (Vadim Savitsky/Pool Photo via AP)

Tens of thousands mourn Russian pilot killed in Syria

Associated Press

FILE - This Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 file photo, Turkey-backed opposition fighters of the Free Syrian Army secure a checkpoint at the village of Maarin, on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Azaz, Syria. Beaten by the government and squeezed by al-Qaida, many of Syria's rebels have put themselves under Turkey's wing to battle Kurdish forces, trying to find a path back to relevance in Syria's messy and multi-sided civil war. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Syrian rebels seek relevance by joining Turkey’s offensive

By PHILIP ISSA and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. airstrike on Syrian forces spurs fears of ‘mission creep’

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times