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Syria complains to UN about Turkey's 'assault, occupation'
Feb 01, 2018 17:23Damascus has complained to the UN about Turkey's military campaign in northern Syria, denouncing the operation as "an assault and occupation" of the Syrian territory.
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Kurdish militants shell Turkish town, kills 1
Jan 31, 2018 14:16Turkish media say Kurdish militants have fired two rockets from the northern Syrian region of Afrin at a Turkish border town, killing a teenage girl and wounding another person.
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Syrian Kurds boycott Russia peace talks over Turkish incursion
Jan 28, 2018 17:56Syria’s main Kurdish militant group has announced that it will boycott upcoming peace talks in Russia over a military incursion by Turkey into territories held by Kurds in northern Syria.
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Turkey's Syria operation damages ancient temple in Afrin
Jan 28, 2018 14:18An ancient temple has seriously been damaged in Syria's northwestern city of Afrin, where Turkey is leading an operation against US-backed Kurdish militants.
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Erdoghan: Syria's offensive could expand as far as Iraq border
Jan 26, 2018 14:31President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan says Turkey may extend its operation against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities as far east as the Iraqi border.
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Syrian Kurds call for Damascus help in face of Turkish operation
Jan 26, 2018 13:20Kurdish authorities in Syria’s Afrin district have called on the Syrian government to send troops to help defend them from a Turkish incursion in line with protecting the country’s sovereignty.
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Turkey continues Syria offensive, hits 150 targets in Afrin
Jan 21, 2018 13:47Turkey pushes ahead with its operation against US-backed Kurdish militants based in Afrin, saying its forces have crossed into the northwestern Syrian city and hit over 150 Kurdish militant targets so far.
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Manbij next, says Erdogan as Turkey warplanes bomb Syria's Afrin
Jan 20, 2018 17:25Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara plans to launch an operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as Turkish warplanes launch airstrikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria.
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Turkey pounds US-backed forces in Syria for second day
Jan 20, 2018 13:49Turkish troops have started a second day of military strikes against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria.
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Turkish parliament strips pro-Kurdish lawmaker of her status
Jan 12, 2018 17:47The Turkish parliament has stripped a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) of her status for a second time as the Ankara government presses ahead with a clampdown on members of the opposition party.