- US, Turkey set on a collision course as Tillerson visits Ankara
He has already met the Mexican and Chinese presidents and hosted a conclave of 68 nations fighting the Islamic State, but no meeting in Rex W. Tillerson’s brief tenure as secretary of state will be as delicate as the one in Ankara on Thursday with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. – New York Times
The German government is weighing alternative locations to Turkey for its forces involved in fighting Islamic State amid rising tensions between the two countries. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)