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US Airborne Raid Kills 1 In Village Controlled By Syrian Regime: Report
The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.
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"Great Day For Civilization": Trump As Turkey Agrees To Syria Ceasefire
Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire that would suspend its march into Syria and temporarily halt a week of vicious fighting with Kurdish forces, while allowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to carve out a long-coveted buffer zone far beyond his nation's borders.
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Kurds Announce Deal With Damascus On Troop Deployment Near Turkey Border
The Kurdish administration in northern Syria on Sunday announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara's offensive.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi Orders Probe Into Violations By Troops In Mosul
Iraq's prime minister on Monday ordered an investigation into violations of human rights and other abuses purportedly committed by government troops and paramilitary forces battling the ISIS group to retake the city of Mosul.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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Bomb Kills Policeman In Southeast Turkey, Embassies Warn On Security
A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police officer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a local government building, as embassies issued security warnings about expected demonstrations this weekend.
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UN Invites Warring Parties To Syria Talks This Week
The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part.
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Islamic State Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons: Officials
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.
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Turkish PM Targets Single Party Government to 'Fight Terror'
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today said Turkey needed a single-party government to fight "terror", as the country prepares for snap November polls against the background of the army's relentless campaign against Kurdish militants.
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Bomb Kills 10 Turkish Police Officers as Jets Strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters, the edge of a region beset by violence between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state.
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US Airborne Raid Kills 1 In Village Controlled By Syrian Regime: Report
The airborne raid is the first such operation in Syrian regime-controlled areas, said the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights.
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"Great Day For Civilization": Trump As Turkey Agrees To Syria Ceasefire
Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire that would suspend its march into Syria and temporarily halt a week of vicious fighting with Kurdish forces, while allowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to carve out a long-coveted buffer zone far beyond his nation's borders.
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Kurds Announce Deal With Damascus On Troop Deployment Near Turkey Border
The Kurdish administration in northern Syria on Sunday announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara's offensive.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi Orders Probe Into Violations By Troops In Mosul
Iraq's prime minister on Monday ordered an investigation into violations of human rights and other abuses purportedly committed by government troops and paramilitary forces battling the ISIS group to retake the city of Mosul.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Mosul Battle Will Be Big, Won't End Soon, Says Kurdish Minister
Iraqi forces have advanced to 5 km from Mosul in an offensive against ISIS's last major Iraq stronghold and there are signs of revolt against the group, the interior minister of the Kurdish regional government said on Saturday.
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Syrian Kurds Evacuate City As Battle With Bashar Al-Assad Intensifies
Syrian Kurdish authorities evacuated thousands of civilians from Kurdish areas of a city in northeastern Syria on a second day of government air strikes today, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.
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Bomb Kills Policeman In Southeast Turkey, Embassies Warn On Security
A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police officer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a local government building, as embassies issued security warnings about expected demonstrations this weekend.
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UN Invites Warring Parties To Syria Talks This Week
The United Nations invited Syria's government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part.
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Islamic State Determined to Produce Chemical Weapons: Officials
The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.
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Turkish PM Targets Single Party Government to 'Fight Terror'
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today said Turkey needed a single-party government to fight "terror", as the country prepares for snap November polls against the background of the army's relentless campaign against Kurdish militants.
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Bomb Kills 10 Turkish Police Officers as Jets Strike PKK in Iraq
Ten police officers were killed in a bomb attack on a minibus in a Turkish province bordering Armenia and Iran on Tuesday, a government official told Reuters, the edge of a region beset by violence between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state.
