Germany on Monday branded as “unacceptable” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s charge that Chancellor Angela Merkel was using “Nazi measures”, but signaled it wanted to avoid escalating the feud. Turkey and the European Union — especially Germany with its large Turkish diaspora — are locked in a bitter dispute as ...
Russia would like the United States to play a more constructive role in Syrian conflict settlement efforts, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Monday. “Of course,” Bogdanov told reporters, recounting the co-chairmanship of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) by the two countries’ top diplomats. “This practice took place, and ...