Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was holding talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul on Saturday, news channel CNN Turk and state media said, broadcasting video of the two leaders ...

In a surprise meeting Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for closed-door talks focused on restoring bilateral ties and ...

By Daren ButlerISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during talks in Istanbul on Saturday that Turkey welcomed the U.S. and EU decisions to lift sanctions ...

Sharaa's surprise visit to Istanbul followed his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. View on euronews ...

As Turkey builds its power and influence, its opposition to – and agitation against – Israel is continuing unabated.

By November, Erdogan announced he would cut all ties with Israel. Their feud deepened the following month as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stepped up operations in Syria in the wake of Sharaa's ...

The meeting comes after US and EU agreed to lift sanctions to allow the civil war-hit country to recover and rebuild.

Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two Sunni powerhouses that have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the ...

Earlier, Turkish broadcasters showed Erdogan shaking hands with Sharaa as he emerged from his car at the Dolmabahce Palace on the shores of the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey's largest city.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was holding talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul on Saturday, broadcaster CNN Turk and state media said. State broadcaster ...