Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 21:53 AFP — The United States is prepared to ratchet up economic pressure on Ankara if Turkish forces do not agree to cease their offensive in northern Syria, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 21:25 AFP — The UN Security Council warned in a unanimously adopted statement Wednesday of a risk of "dispersion" of jihadist prisoners in Syria, but stopped short of calling for a halt to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces there.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 21:13 AFP — President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended as "strategically brilliant" his decision to pull US troops out of Syria as the House of Representatives overwhelmingly condemned the move in a rare bipartisan rebuke.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 20:03 AFP — The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn Donald Trump's pullback of US troops from northern Syria, a formal manifestation of the fierce bipartisan backlash against the president's controversial policy.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 19:53 AFP — Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 19:37 AFP — Here are the key developments in Turkey's deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, the third such operation since 2016:

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 19:03 AFP — The head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, under Turkish attack since a US troop withdrawal, announced Wednesday it was "freezing" operations against the Islamic State group.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 18:56 AFP — President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to pull US troops out of Syria, calling it "strategically brilliant," and denied giving Turkey a "green light" to launch operations against Kurdish militants.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 18:39 AFP — Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire.

Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 18:24 AFP — The UN Security Council warned in a unanimously adopted statement Wednesday of a risk of "dispersion" of jihadist prisoners in Syria, but stopped short of calling for a halt to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces there.