Wednesday, 17 May, 2017 , 00:11 AFP — Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side by side at the White House on Tuesday and promised to strengthen strained ties despite the Turkish leader's stern warning about Washington's arming of a Kurdish militia.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 20:58 AFP — Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side by side at the White House on Tuesday and promised to strengthen strained ties despite the Turkish leader's stern warning about Washington's arming of a Kurdish militia.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 18:32 AFP — Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side by side at the White House on Tuesday and promised to work through strained ties despite the Turkish leader's stern warning about Washington's arming of a Kurdish militia.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 17:08 AFP — Fresh from securing his grip on Turkey with a referendum to centralize power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday on a mission to restore frayed ties.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 16:54 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at the White House on Tuesday for talks with Donald Trump expected to focus on ways to mend ties frayed over Syria and the presence in the US of Erdogan foe Fethullah Gulen.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 16:28 AFP — Fresh from securing his grip on Turkey with a referendum to centralize power, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday on a mission to restore frayed ties.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 09:17 AFP — Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with President Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday, hoping to repair ties frayed over Syria and the presence in the US of a bitter political foe.

Tuesday, 16 May, 2017 , 03:24 AFP — The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia is set to lead the fight for the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa, but its role has stoked tensions between Washington and Turkey.

Sunday, 14 May, 2017 , 04:10 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington for the first time as president, hoping to entice the American leader into major policy shifts to solidify a crucial but increasingly strained relationship.

Friday, 12 May, 2017 , 20:22 AFP — The Pentagon said Friday it played no part in an unusual deal in which Islamic State jihadists were allowed to leave a key town in Syria -- only for some of them to be killed anyway.