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In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, Mike Flynn arrives for a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, who was fired from the White House last month, has registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department for work that may have aided the Turkish government in exchange for $530,000. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey

By STEPHEN BRAUN and CHAD DAY - 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)

Turkish, U.S., Russian military chiefs hold surprise meeting

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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

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)

Turkish, US, Russian military chiefs discuss Syria tensions

By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Pentagon: US troops play new role in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

A woman holding up signs against Turkish President Erdogan near hotel Senatshotel in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, March 5, 2017. This evening the Turkish Minister of Economic Affairs, Nihat Zeybekci, is supposed to speak there. ( Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Germany seeks to de-escalate Turkey tensions

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Germany vs Turkey for Euro 2024 as Nordic nations drop plans

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Suleiman Herwis, 50, a Libyan national, who lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, stands on the balcony of his recently purchased flat, in the Black Sea region town of Fatsa, Turkey. The Saudi Arabia-based physician says he is looking forward to vacations in this remote but more conservative part of Turkey, an area largely bypassed by Western tourists. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)

As Europeans steer clear, Turkey pins hope on Arab tourists

By NEYRAN ELDEN and MEHMET GUZEL - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. Syrian state media says government forces have reached the edge of Palmyra and are poised to reclaim the historic town from the Islamic State group. Arabic reads, &quot;Central Military Media, Homs, Syria.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Geneva talks to focus on Syria transition Friday

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian government delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (Pierre Albouy/Pool Photo via AP)

Deadly insurgent attack in Homs weighs on UN-led Syria talks

By JAMEY KEATEN and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL - Associated Press

This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, damaged cars after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of al-Bab, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed several people, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said. (Thiqa News Agency, via AP)

The Latest: IS fighters in Syria’s Homs target gas pipeline

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Turkey military allows Islamic headscarves for officers

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

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

US chief of staff to visit Turkey for talks on Raqqa

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In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, CIA Director-designate Rep. Michael Pompeo, R-Kan., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. CIA Chief Mike Pompeo is scheduled to arrive Thursday, Feb. 9, in Turkey to discuss security issues on his first overseas trip in his new role (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)

Turkey detains 4 ISIS suspects, seizes 24 suicide attack belts

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

East Aleppo, Syria, was widely brought to ruin by years of war, and now with Russia and Turkey leading peace efforts, international officials say it's time to start rebuilding. (Associated Press)

ISIS fight could turn on military moves by Turkey and Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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

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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

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Khaled Almilaji stands for a portrait on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he is studying for a master's degree in public health. Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children during the country's civil war, said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, that he is stuck in Turkey because President Donald Trump's executive order does not permit him to return to Providence where he lives with his his pregnant wife. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Syrian doctor studying in US stuck abroad due to travel ban

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura gestures as he arrives to attend the talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The face-to-face meeting in Kazakhstan's capital is the latest in a long line of diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending the nearly 6-year-old civil war. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The Latest: US welcomes attempt to reduce violence in Syria

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