The Russian envoy to Turkey was shot dead by a gunman who stormed a building where the official was attending a Russian photo exhibition, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed. The ambassador, Andrey Karlov, was first injured after he was about to deliver a speech on the opening of the exhibition ...
Turkey on Monday denied it had forged any secret “bargain” with Russia over the future of Syria ahead of a key ministerial meeting including Iran, despite improving cooperation that led to a deal for evacuations from eastern Aleppo. Turkey and Russia saw relations plunge to their worst levels since the ...