Presidents Erdogan and Putin met in Sochi, Russia. They’ve agreed that Turkish and Russian forces will now patrol the area of northern Syria, pushing out the Kurds in that region, as a result of the U.S. pulling out U.S. troops there. ..…

The president’s declaration of success came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a deal on divvying up control of an area along the Turkey-Syria border. . ..…

President Erdoğan accepted the largely irrelevant American concessions delivered by Pence and Pompeo—concessions on which Washington had no ability to deliver, having relinquished its leverage—and then flew to Sochi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to conclude an actual agreement, with..…

If initiated with German troops, it could be the nation’s first post-WW II foreign occupation — illegally against a sovereign state, wanting all uninvited foreign forces out of the country, notably US, NATO, and Turkish ones. . Asked about AKK’s proposal, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov..…

Knowing this, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has to understand that his relationship with Russian President Putin is one of mutual suspicion. ..…

The agreement envisages the dispatch of Syrian government troops to Kurdish-held territories to receive control and block the incursion of Turkish Army and its allied militants. On Tuesday, Russian and Turkish Presidents,  Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed while..…