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6 Kurdish fighters Killed In Explosive Drone Attack On US Base In Syria
US-backed Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that six of their fighters had been killed in an explosive drone attack by Iran-backed armed groups that came from areas of Syria's Deir al Zor under the control of the Syrian government.
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5 Kurdish Fighters Killed In Overnight Attack On US Base In Syria
Five fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in an overnight attack on an American base in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Monday.
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Russia, Turkey Reach Deal To Remove Kurdish Fighters From Syria Border
Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.
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US Sanctions Turkey, Trump Says Ready To "Swiftly Destroy" Its Economy
The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Tuesday as it demanded an end to its deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of ISIS extremists.
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US Takes Custody Of 2 Jihadists "The Beatles" From Syria Kurds
Two "high-value" jihadists held by Syrian Kurds have been taken into US custody and moved out of the country, a defense official said Wednesday, as reports identified them as notorious British fighters dubbed "The Beatles."
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Turkish Military Says Has Encircled Syria's Afrin Town
Turkey's military and its rebel allies have encircled the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish armed forces said on Tuesday, a substantial advance in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters across its southern border.
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Free But In Ruins, Uphill Struggle To Rebuild Syria's Raqa
The ISIS group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives, and lacking electricity or running water for residents desperate to return
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US-Led Strikes Killed 224 Civilians Since Allies Entered Raqa: Monitor
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered ISIS group bastion Raqa a month ago, a monitor said on Thursday.
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Turkey Angered By US Move To Arm Syrian Kurds
Turkey on Wednesday reacted furiously to a US plan to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Ankara considers terrorists, but the force battling jihadists said the move would hasten the extremists' defeat.
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In Push To Reclaim Raqqa, Trump's Choices Range From Bad to Worse
US President Donald Trump's push against ISIS could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a plan that may slow the assault and require many more US combat forces.
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Turkey Sending 300 Troops To Reinforce Syria Operation: Report
Turkey is sending 300 more troops to northern Syria to reinforce an operation aimed at pushing ISIS and Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its southern border, state media reported on Thursday.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Operations Against ISIS, Kurdish PYD To Secure Border: Erdogan
Turkey has started operations targeting Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to end attacks on Turkey's border, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
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US Sent Jets As Syrian Regime Opened Fire On Kurdish Forces: Pentagon
The US-led coalition scrambled fighters after Syrian regime jets targeted Kurdish forces working with US advisers in northern Syrian, an incident marking another escalation in Syria's bloody conflict, the Pentagon said today.
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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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6 Kurdish fighters Killed In Explosive Drone Attack On US Base In Syria
US-backed Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that six of their fighters had been killed in an explosive drone attack by Iran-backed armed groups that came from areas of Syria's Deir al Zor under the control of the Syrian government.
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5 Kurdish Fighters Killed In Overnight Attack On US Base In Syria
Five fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in an overnight attack on an American base in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Monday.
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Russia, Turkey Reach Deal To Remove Kurdish Fighters From Syria Border
Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.
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US Sanctions Turkey, Trump Says Ready To "Swiftly Destroy" Its Economy
The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Tuesday as it demanded an end to its deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of ISIS extremists.
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US Takes Custody Of 2 Jihadists "The Beatles" From Syria Kurds
Two "high-value" jihadists held by Syrian Kurds have been taken into US custody and moved out of the country, a defense official said Wednesday, as reports identified them as notorious British fighters dubbed "The Beatles."
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Turkish Military Says Has Encircled Syria's Afrin Town
Turkey's military and its rebel allies have encircled the northern Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish armed forces said on Tuesday, a substantial advance in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters across its southern border.
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Free But In Ruins, Uphill Struggle To Rebuild Syria's Raqa
The ISIS group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives, and lacking electricity or running water for residents desperate to return
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US-Led Strikes Killed 224 Civilians Since Allies Entered Raqa: Monitor
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered ISIS group bastion Raqa a month ago, a monitor said on Thursday.
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Turkey Angered By US Move To Arm Syrian Kurds
Turkey on Wednesday reacted furiously to a US plan to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Ankara considers terrorists, but the force battling jihadists said the move would hasten the extremists' defeat.
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In Push To Reclaim Raqqa, Trump's Choices Range From Bad to Worse
US President Donald Trump's push against ISIS could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a plan that may slow the assault and require many more US combat forces.
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Turkey Sending 300 Troops To Reinforce Syria Operation: Report
Turkey is sending 300 more troops to northern Syria to reinforce an operation aimed at pushing ISIS and Syrian Kurdish fighters away from its southern border, state media reported on Thursday.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Operations Against ISIS, Kurdish PYD To Secure Border: Erdogan
Turkey has started operations targeting Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to end attacks on Turkey's border, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
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US Sent Jets As Syrian Regime Opened Fire On Kurdish Forces: Pentagon
The US-led coalition scrambled fighters after Syrian regime jets targeted Kurdish forces working with US advisers in northern Syrian, an incident marking another escalation in Syria's bloody conflict, the Pentagon said today.
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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.
