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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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Turkish Jets, Artillery Bombard Targets In North Syria, Claim Sources
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria today, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last week with its Syrian rebel allies.
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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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US-Backed Syria Forces Launch Offensive For Manbij Pocket: US Officials
Thousands of US-backed fighters in Syria are launching an offensive to capture from ISIS a crucial swathe of northern Syria known as the Manbij pocket following weeks of quiet preparations, US officials disclosed to Reuters.
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ISIS Attacks YPG-Held Town At Turkish Border
ISIS fighters attacked the town of Tel Abyad controlled by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia at the Turkish border as well as the nearby town of Suluk today, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and Turkish security sources told Reuters.
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US-Backed Fighters Capture ISIS-Held Town In Northeast Syria: Reports
A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters including the Kurdish YPG militia captured a strategic ISIS-held town in Syria's northeast on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
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US-Backed Syrian Rebel Group Says Assault on Islamic State Imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new US-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for an imminent offensive against Islamic State militants in Raqqa province, the jihadists' stronghold in Syria.
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Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages From Islamic State: Report
Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today.
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Islamic State Recaptures Town From Kurdish Forces: Report
Islamic State fighters seized a Syrian town from Kurdish-led forces north of Raqqa city today, a group monitoring the war reported, two weeks after the jihadist group lost it to the Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Kurds,Syrian Army Battle Islamic State in Northeast Syria: Report
Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.
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Car Bomb Explodes in Syria's Kobani Near Turkish Border, Few Casualties: Official
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border gate today as Islamic State militants staged an attack from three sides of the town, a Kurdish YPG militia official told Reuters.
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Hundreds of Refugees Cross Back Into Syria From Turkey
Hundreds of Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back today, witnesses said, as a border gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Abyad forces by Syrian Kurds.
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Kurds Clash With Islamic State at Gates of Key Syrian Border Town, Says Kurdish Commander
Kurdish militia advanced today to the gates of a strategic jihadist-held town on Syria's northern border with Turkey amid fierce fighting with the Islamic State group, a local commander told AFP.
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Syrian Kurds Begin Advance Towards Islamic State-Held Town
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.
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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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Turkish Jets, Artillery Bombard Targets In North Syria, Claim Sources
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria today, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last week with its Syrian rebel allies.
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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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US-Backed Syria Forces Launch Offensive For Manbij Pocket: US Officials
Thousands of US-backed fighters in Syria are launching an offensive to capture from ISIS a crucial swathe of northern Syria known as the Manbij pocket following weeks of quiet preparations, US officials disclosed to Reuters.
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ISIS Attacks YPG-Held Town At Turkish Border
ISIS fighters attacked the town of Tel Abyad controlled by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia at the Turkish border as well as the nearby town of Suluk today, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil and Turkish security sources told Reuters.
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US-Backed Fighters Capture ISIS-Held Town In Northeast Syria: Reports
A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters including the Kurdish YPG militia captured a strategic ISIS-held town in Syria's northeast on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
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US-Backed Syrian Rebel Group Says Assault on Islamic State Imminent
A Syrian rebel group which is part of a new US-backed alliance that also includes the Kurdish YPG militia announced on Thursday plans for an imminent offensive against Islamic State militants in Raqqa province, the jihadists' stronghold in Syria.
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Syrian Kurds Retake Northern Villages From Islamic State: Report
Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by US-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported today.
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Islamic State Recaptures Town From Kurdish Forces: Report
Islamic State fighters seized a Syrian town from Kurdish-led forces north of Raqqa city today, a group monitoring the war reported, two weeks after the jihadist group lost it to the Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes.
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At Least 145 Civilians Killed in Syria's Kobane Islamic State
Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as one of the worst massacres carried out by the hardline group in Syria.
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Kurds,Syrian Army Battle Islamic State in Northeast Syria: Report
Kurdish forces and the Syrian army fought separate battles with Islamic State around Hasaka city in northeast Syria overnight as the hardline group tried to capture more areas of the major urban centre near the Iraqi border, a monitor said today.
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Car Bomb Explodes in Syria's Kobani Near Turkish Border, Few Casualties: Official
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border gate today as Islamic State militants staged an attack from three sides of the town, a Kurdish YPG militia official told Reuters.
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Hundreds of Refugees Cross Back Into Syria From Turkey
Hundreds of Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back today, witnesses said, as a border gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Abyad forces by Syrian Kurds.
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Kurds Clash With Islamic State at Gates of Key Syrian Border Town, Says Kurdish Commander
Kurdish militia advanced today to the gates of a strategic jihadist-held town on Syria's northern border with Turkey amid fierce fighting with the Islamic State group, a local commander told AFP.
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Syrian Kurds Begin Advance Towards Islamic State-Held Town
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it began an advance towards an Islamic State-held town at the Turkish border today, thrusting deeper into the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa province with the backing of US-led air strikes.
