Pentagon chief Mark Esper slammed the Turkish regime Tuesday for its military offensive in Syria, calling it an "unacceptable incursion" that's undermined coalition efforts to defeat terrorism in the war-scarred nation.

U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions against Turkish officials for their role in the country's military operation in Syria.

Syrian government troops were heading to the country's northern border on Monday to "confront Turkish aggression" after making a deal with the U.S.-allied, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, officials said.

Kurdish military officials said Saturday that guarding Islamic State prisoners in Syria is no longer a "priority" after Turkey launched an offensive across the border earlier in the week.

Turkey's attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff out a radical experiment in self-government that is unlike anything I have seen in more than 30 years studying the Middle East.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the European Union Wednesday to condemn Iran for delivering some 2.1 million barrels of crude oil to Syria after reassuring Britain it would not do so.

U.S. President Donald Trump's precipitate announcement he was withdrawing American forces from northeast Syria to enable Turkey to assert its authority along the border risks wider regional bloodshed.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the United States has concluded that Syrian President Bashar-al Assad carried out a chemical attack in May.

Two women, including the sister of Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, were arrested for allegedly killing and robbing an elderly woman at a California casino.

The Trump administration imposed sanctions against a large shipping network that Iran created to transport its oil and offered a reward of $15 million to anyone with information that disrupts the network's operations.

Opposition forces withdrew from the northwest Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun on Tuesday after Syrian government forces invaded Idlib province, local observers said.

With his neatly trimmed beard, wide smile and receding white hair, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, is viewed in the Western media as the moderate face of his regime. The reality is somewhat different.

U.S. officials have condemned Russian and government airstrikes in northern Syrian that killed at least 59 civilians.

Claiming "the United States did not allow the Iranian people to benefit from the 2015 nuclear deal," Iran's Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has tried to blame President Donald Trump for his country's collapsing economy.

Iran threatened Britain Saturday for seizing its supertanker, saying the British should be "scared" of Tehran's possible retaliation.