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"Nobody Here": Turkey Quake Survivors Look For Loved Ones
Selva, 48, watched Turkish and international teams scour through the remains of her building in Turkey's shattered Syrian border region city of Antakya. Each one of them gave up before finding her relatives.
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3 Killed, 6 Injured After Syrian Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Report
Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey's border town of Karkamis on Monday killed three people, including a child, and wounded six, Turkey's interior minister said.
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17 Killed In Turkish Strikes On Syria Border Posts: Report
Turkish air strikes on Syria border posts run by regime forces killed 17 fighters on Tuesday, according to a war monitor, prompting the Damascus government to threaten retaliation.
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Inside US Raid On ISIS Chief: Months Of Preparation, Then A Deadly Blast
U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.
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Nearly 2,000 More Migrants Reach Turkey-Greece Border After Gates Open
Around 2,000 more migrants reached the Turkish border with Greece on Sunday after Turkey opened its gates to Europe saying it could no longer cope with refugees from war-torn Syria.
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8 Killed In Turkey After Earthquake Hits Iran Border, Many Feared Trapped
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Sunday eight people were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Iran, the official Anadolu news agency reported.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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US Military Calls On Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria
US military vehicles Saturday entered a Kurdish-held area in northeastern Syria and met with officials, AFP correspondents and a local source said, in the second such visit since an announced US pullout from the Turkish border area.
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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Turkey, US Agree On Syria Ceasefire To Force Kurdish Fighters' Withdrawal
Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone along the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials announced Thursday after high-stakes talks.
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US Troops In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion: Pentagon
US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on Friday, a Pentagon spokesman said, warning that the US was prepared to meet aggression with "immediate defensive action."
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Turkey Launches Military Operation In Syria, Explosion Heard
Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.
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Turkey To Start Syria Offensive "Shortly": President Tayyip Erdogan's Aide
The Turkish military, together with the Free Syrian Army, will cross the Syrian border "shortly", President Tayyip Erdogan's communications director said early on Wednesday, as Ankara starts a military incursion in the region.
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"As Soon As Tomorrow": Turkey Preps Syria Offensive As US Pulls Out
The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria's border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.
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US Forces In Syria Start Pulling Back From Turkish Border, Alarming Kurds
US forces in northern Syria started pulling back Monday from areas along the Turkish border ahead of a feared military invasion by Ankara that Kurdish forces say would spark a jihadist resurgence.
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"Nobody Here": Turkey Quake Survivors Look For Loved Ones
Selva, 48, watched Turkish and international teams scour through the remains of her building in Turkey's shattered Syrian border region city of Antakya. Each one of them gave up before finding her relatives.
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3 Killed, 6 Injured After Syrian Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Report
Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey's border town of Karkamis on Monday killed three people, including a child, and wounded six, Turkey's interior minister said.
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17 Killed In Turkish Strikes On Syria Border Posts: Report
Turkish air strikes on Syria border posts run by regime forces killed 17 fighters on Tuesday, according to a war monitor, prompting the Damascus government to threaten retaliation.
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Inside US Raid On ISIS Chief: Months Of Preparation, Then A Deadly Blast
U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.
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Nearly 2,000 More Migrants Reach Turkey-Greece Border After Gates Open
Around 2,000 more migrants reached the Turkish border with Greece on Sunday after Turkey opened its gates to Europe saying it could no longer cope with refugees from war-torn Syria.
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8 Killed In Turkey After Earthquake Hits Iran Border, Many Feared Trapped
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Sunday eight people were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Iran, the official Anadolu news agency reported.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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US Military Calls On Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria
US military vehicles Saturday entered a Kurdish-held area in northeastern Syria and met with officials, AFP correspondents and a local source said, in the second such visit since an announced US pullout from the Turkish border area.
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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Turkey, US Agree On Syria Ceasefire To Force Kurdish Fighters' Withdrawal
Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone along the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials announced Thursday after high-stakes talks.
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US Troops In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion: Pentagon
US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on Friday, a Pentagon spokesman said, warning that the US was prepared to meet aggression with "immediate defensive action."
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Turkey Launches Military Operation In Syria, Explosion Heard
Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.
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Turkey To Start Syria Offensive "Shortly": President Tayyip Erdogan's Aide
The Turkish military, together with the Free Syrian Army, will cross the Syrian border "shortly", President Tayyip Erdogan's communications director said early on Wednesday, as Ankara starts a military incursion in the region.
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"As Soon As Tomorrow": Turkey Preps Syria Offensive As US Pulls Out
The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria's border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.
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US Forces In Syria Start Pulling Back From Turkish Border, Alarming Kurds
US forces in northern Syria started pulling back Monday from areas along the Turkish border ahead of a feared military invasion by Ankara that Kurdish forces say would spark a jihadist resurgence.
