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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands before a meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The two are expected to discuss the situation in Syria and migrants.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey trade blame on deal as thousands gather at border

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russian, Turkish presidents meet as Syria violence continues

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Migrants walk across a bridge in Edirne near the Turkish-Greek border on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrants out by using tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey deploying special forces to border amid migrant surge

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Legislators push each other as a brawl breaks out in Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. A fight broke out in the Turkish parliament between lawmakers from opposing parties during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria. (AP Photo)

Brawl erupts in Turkey’s parliament over Syria involvement

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Migrants walk in Edirne, Turkey, near Turkish-Greek border on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send &quot;millions&quot; more. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry

By Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline. A summit meeting between the Turkish and Russian leaders scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2020, may be the last chance to work out a deal that avoids a calamity in Syria's northwest. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, March 1, 2020, Turkey-backed opposition fighters help a fellow fighter wounded in fighting with Syrian government forces and their allies in Sarmin, south of Idlib, Syria. Fighting on the ground in Idlib continued Monday, with heavy clashes between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed fighters. (AP Photo)

Syrian, Turkish armies engage in new deadly clashes in Idlib

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Greek riot police guard as migrants stand on a fence as they try to enter Greece from Turkey at the Greek-Turkish border in Kastanies on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send "millions" more. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey opens borders, reignites refugee crisis in Europe

By Jabeen Bhatti and Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

Migrants walk towards to a refugee camp after they come back from the immigration inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside of Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The government of ethnically divided Cyprus is ramping up measures to stem migrant inflows amid fears of a surge of new arrivals following Turkey's decision to open its borders to those seeking to enter Europe illegally. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus sees surge in migrants after Turkey opens border

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Migrants arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

AP EXPLAINS: The new migration crisis at Europe’s borders

By ANDREW WILKS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, March 1, 2020, Turkey-backed opposition fighters transport a fellow fighter for treatment after he was wounded in fighting with Syrian government forces and their allies in Sarmin, south of Idlib, Syria. Fighting on the ground in Idlib continued Monday, with heavy clashes between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed fighters. (AP Photo)

Turkey downs Syrian fighter jet in northwest Idlib

By SUZAN FRASER and ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

Greek Army detain migrants in the village of Mandra, Evros region, at the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Migrants stand behind a fence near the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands migrants massed at the Turkish-Greek border, and hundreds more crossed from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in dinghies over the weekend, after Turkey declared its borders open amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Child dies as migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border

By Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, a Turkish military convoy moves in the east of Idlib, Syria. Syria’s official news agency said Sunday, March 1, 2020, that two of its warplane were shot down by Turkish forces inside northwest Syria, amid a military escalation there that's led to growing direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces. SANA said the jets were targeted over the Idlib region, and that the four pilots ejected with parachutes and landed safely. (AP Photo, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan hopes to broker Syria truce in Moscow

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Migrants trying to enter Greece from the Pazarkule border gate, Edirne, Turkey, approach the border gate during clashes in Kastanies village, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Refugees and migrants massed on the Turkish-Greek land border played a cat-and-mouse game with Greek authorities through the night and into Saturday, with border patrols using tear gas and stun grenades to stop efforts by groups of people to cross into Greece. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

AP Photos: Migrants head to Turkish-Greek border

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Greek soldiers guard at Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country's borders with Europe were open Saturday, making good on a longstanding threat to let refugees into the continent as thousands of migrants gathered at the frontier with Greece. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

A Turkish military convoy drive in the east of Idlib, Syria, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. NATO envoys were holding emergency talks Friday at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, as scores of migrants gathered at Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe.(AP Photo)

Turkey opens gates into Europe as migrants gather on border

By ANDREW WILKS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

A man holding a child walks with others to the border gate of Pazarkule in Edirne, near Turkey-Greece border, early Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. An air strike by Syrian government forces killed scores of Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. (AP Photo/Ergin Yildiz)

NATO urges Syria, Russia to halt airstrikes as migrants move

By LORNE COOK and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

Migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. An air strike by Syrian government forces killed scores of Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Turkish backed Syrian rebels enter the own of Saraqeb, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters Thursday retook a strategic northwestern town iof Saraqeb, opposition activists said, and cut off the key highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, days after the government reopened it for the first time since 2012. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Turkey threatens Europe with refugees after 33 troops killed

By Mehmet Guzel and Andrew Wilks - Associated Press