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Turkey, Kurds Need To Fight "Like Two Kids", Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump Thursday welcomed the temporary ceasefire in northern Syria and said he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because they were like children who needed to fight each other.
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What Does Turkey's Seizure Of Afrin Mean For Syria War?
The capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
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6 Turkish Soldiers, About 20 Kurdish Rebels Killed in Clashes: Source
Six Turkish soldiers and about 20 Kurdish rebels have been killed in several days of intense fighting in southeastern Turkey, a security source said today.
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Turkey Opens Border to Syrian Refugees Fleeing Tal Abyad
Turkey today began accepting onto its territory Syrian refugees fleeing the battle between Kurds and Islamic State (IS) jihadists for the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, an AFP photographer said
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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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4 Killed in Turkey Clashes Between Rival Kurds: Hospital
Four people were killed today, including the leader of an Islamist charity, in clashes between rival Kurdish groups in Diyarbakir, adding to tensions in Turkey's largest Kurdish-populated city days after legislative elections.
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4 Turkish Troops Wounded in Clashes in Southeast Turkey: Army
Four Turkish troops were wounded today in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country, the army said.
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Turkey, Kurds Need To Fight "Like Two Kids", Says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump Thursday welcomed the temporary ceasefire in northern Syria and said he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because they were like children who needed to fight each other.
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What Does Turkey's Seizure Of Afrin Mean For Syria War?
The capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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25 Killed In Clashes In Turkey's Kurdish Southeast
At least nine civilians and 16 rebel fighters have been killed as security forces battle militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the army and the region's main political party said on Monday.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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2 Civilians, 2 Security Forces Killed In Turkish Army Action Against Kurd Rebels
Two civilians, a soldier and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centres across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
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6 Turkish Soldiers, About 20 Kurdish Rebels Killed in Clashes: Source
Six Turkish soldiers and about 20 Kurdish rebels have been killed in several days of intense fighting in southeastern Turkey, a security source said today.
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Turkey Opens Border to Syrian Refugees Fleeing Tal Abyad
Turkey today began accepting onto its territory Syrian refugees fleeing the battle between Kurds and Islamic State (IS) jihadists for the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad, an AFP photographer said
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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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4 Killed in Turkey Clashes Between Rival Kurds: Hospital
Four people were killed today, including the leader of an Islamist charity, in clashes between rival Kurdish groups in Diyarbakir, adding to tensions in Turkey's largest Kurdish-populated city days after legislative elections.
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4 Turkish Troops Wounded in Clashes in Southeast Turkey: Army
Four Turkish troops were wounded today in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country, the army said.
