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Will Clear "Terrorists" From Syria Border If They Don't Withdraw: Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.
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Turkey Faces "Big Sanctions" Over Actions In Syria: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Turkey faces imminent sanctions over its incursion into northeastern Syria against Kurdish militia, but also signalled that Washington would avoid armed conflict with Ankara.
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Germany Bans Arms Exports To Turkey Over Its Military Offensive In Syria
Germany has banned arms exports to Turkey over its assault against Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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Turkey Intensifies Syria Campaign; US Warns Of "Serious Consequences"
Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against US President Donald Trump.
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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Donald Trump Says US Has Not "Abandoned The Kurds" In Syria
President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States has not "abandoned the Kurds" with his decision seemingly giving the green light for Turkey to attack Kurdish militias inside Syria.
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"Will Not Allow ISIS To Return In Any Shape And Form": Turkey
Turkey will not permit the Islamic State group to return, a presidential spokesman said Monday, amid fears its threatened offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria could bolster the jihadists.
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Turkey Urges US To Honour Ties After Trump Warns Of Economic Devastation
President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Monday Turkey expected the United States to honour their strategic partnership after US President Donald Trump warned it would devastate Turkey economically if they attack a Kurdish militia in Syria.
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2 Turkish Troops Killed As Helicopter Downed In Syria
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said two Turkish military personnel were killed when a helicopter was downed during Ankara's military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria
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Turkey Says Ground Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attack Repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up artillery attacks on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border.
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ISIS Ousted From Yazidi Villages West Of Mosul: Kurdish-Yazidi Force
A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged ISIS terrorists from five Yazidi villages west of Mosul in an offensive that began on Saturday.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Bomb Kills 20 At Kurdish Wedding In Syria, Say Reports
A bomb killed at least 20 people at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, a Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said, while state media said the casualties had risen to at least 30 dead.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says US Arming Syrian Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of sending more weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia in defiance of Ankara's repeated insistence it is a "terrorist" organisation.
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Blasts Hit Government-Held And Kurdish Parts Of Syria: State Media
Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said.
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Will Clear "Terrorists" From Syria Border If They Don't Withdraw: Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.
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Turkey Faces "Big Sanctions" Over Actions In Syria: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Turkey faces imminent sanctions over its incursion into northeastern Syria against Kurdish militia, but also signalled that Washington would avoid armed conflict with Ankara.
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Germany Bans Arms Exports To Turkey Over Its Military Offensive In Syria
Germany has banned arms exports to Turkey over its assault against Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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Turkey Intensifies Syria Campaign; US Warns Of "Serious Consequences"
Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against US President Donald Trump.
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Turkey Opens Ground Assault On Syria's Kurds; Republicans Turn On Trump
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Wednesday, pounding them with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border ground operation that could transform an eight-year-old war.
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Donald Trump Says US Has Not "Abandoned The Kurds" In Syria
President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States has not "abandoned the Kurds" with his decision seemingly giving the green light for Turkey to attack Kurdish militias inside Syria.
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"Will Not Allow ISIS To Return In Any Shape And Form": Turkey
Turkey will not permit the Islamic State group to return, a presidential spokesman said Monday, amid fears its threatened offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria could bolster the jihadists.
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Turkey Urges US To Honour Ties After Trump Warns Of Economic Devastation
President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Monday Turkey expected the United States to honour their strategic partnership after US President Donald Trump warned it would devastate Turkey economically if they attack a Kurdish militia in Syria.
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2 Turkish Troops Killed As Helicopter Downed In Syria
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said two Turkish military personnel were killed when a helicopter was downed during Ankara's military offensive against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria
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Turkey Says Ground Forces Push Into Syria, Kurdish Militia Says Attack Repulsed
Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria's Afrin province on Sunday, media cited the prime minister as saying, as Ankara stepped up artillery attacks on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border.
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ISIS Ousted From Yazidi Villages West Of Mosul: Kurdish-Yazidi Force
A mixed Kurdish and Yazidi armed force said on Monday it had dislodged ISIS terrorists from five Yazidi villages west of Mosul in an offensive that began on Saturday.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Bomb Kills 20 At Kurdish Wedding In Syria, Say Reports
A bomb killed at least 20 people at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, a Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said, while state media said the casualties had risen to at least 30 dead.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says US Arming Syrian Kurdish Militia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of sending more weapons to a Syrian Kurdish militia in defiance of Ankara's repeated insistence it is a "terrorist" organisation.
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Blasts Hit Government-Held And Kurdish Parts Of Syria: State Media
Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said.
