Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Syria: Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in battered Idlib

Erdogan and Putin announce plans for a joint buffer zone to halt Syria's offensive against Idlib province, ceasefire to begin at midnight

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Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks

Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces

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NATO urges de-escalation in Syria after airstrike kills dozens of Turkish soldiers in Idlib

NATO called on Syria and Russia to return to a ceasefire in Idlib after an airstrike killed dozens of Turkish soldiers

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Airstrike kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib offensive

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, where Ankara backs rebels against the Assad regime

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Russia warns Turkey against attacking Syrian forces in Idlib

Russia warned Turkey against attacking Syrian forces after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch an operation in Idlib

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Turkish counter-attack kills Syrian soldiers in Idlib province

Syrian government troops were killed by Turkish shelling in the northwestern region of Idlib in retaliation for a deadly regime attack

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Libya’s rival leaders to meet in Moscow for ceasefire talks

War-torn Libya's rival leaders Fayez al-Serraj and Khalifa Haftar are set to meet in Moscow to discuss a ceasefire agreement

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Erdogan to seek parliament’s approval to send Turkish troops to Libya

President Erdogan announced plans to send Turkish troops to aid Libya's UN-backed government in Tripoli, a move that may risk proxy war with Russia

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Erdogan says Turkey ready to send troops to help Libyan government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready to send troops to Libya if requested by the UN-backed government in Tripoli

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Turkey agrees to NATO Baltic defense plan after Syria rift

Turkey joined NATO allies in agreeing to a new Baltic defense plan after threatening to block it if Syria's YPG were not labelled terrorists

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