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Seven Syrian soldiers killed in clashes with Turkish forces, allies near Ra’s al-Ayn
Oct 29, 2019 17:51The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least seven Syrian army soldiers have been killed when fierce exchanges of gunfire broke out between government troops and Turkish military forces and their allied militants near Syria’s key northeastern border town of Ra's al-Ayn.
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Turkey says Kurdish militants still in Syria ‘safe zone’ as deadline looms
Oct 29, 2019 17:47Ankara says Kurdish militants of the so-called People’s Protection Units (YPG) have yet to fully pull out of border areas in Syria’s north as a deadline set by a recent Turkey-Russia deal for their withdrawal approaches.
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Syria welcomes pullout of Kurdish armed groups to depth of 30 km from Turkish border
Oct 27, 2019 15:36Damascus welcomes the withdrawal of Kurdish armed groups in Syria’s northwestern regions to a depth of 30 kilometers from the Turkish border as part of a Russia-Turkey deal, saying the pullout rids Ankara of the pretext to keep up its acts of aggression against the Arab country.
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Erdogan says Turkey will clear Kurdish militants alone if Sochi deal fails
Oct 26, 2019 13:28Turkey has vowed to “clear” Kurdish “terrorists” from the so-called safe zone single-handedly in its border area with northeastern Syria if they do not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia this week, days after Ankara launched a cross-border offensive into the Arab country.
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Turkish aggression, US troops deployment violate UNSC resolutions: Syrian official
Oct 26, 2019 13:17Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad has strongly condemned Turkish military operations against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, saying the offensive is a violation of the United Nations Charter and Security Council resolutions.
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UN says Turkish offensive in north Syria displaced nearly 180,000 people
Oct 25, 2019 13:08The United Nations says Turkey’s now-suspended offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Syria has displaced about 180,000 people, including tens of thousands of children.
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Kurdish forces in northeast Syria begin withdrawal along Turkish border
Oct 25, 2019 03:33Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria have left several positions along the long border with Turkey, complying with a deal between Russia and Turkey that saw the deployment of Syrian government troops to the border regions.
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Turkey to crush Kurdish militants if they don’t leave Syria safe zone: Turkish President
Oct 24, 2019 15:25On Thursday, Erdogan renewed a threat to resume a military offensive in northeast Syria through a televised speech, saying Ankara would implement its plans for another cross-border operation if YPG militants did not withdraw from border areas.
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Kurdish-led SDF militant group thanks Russia for defusing Turkey’s Syria incursion
Oct 24, 2019 05:01The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militant group has thanked Moscow for striking a deal with Ankara, which ended a Turkish offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Syria, welcoming the deployment of Russian and Syrian troops to the border regions as part of the agreement.
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Moscow in talks with Ankara to clinch new S-400 deal, Russia says
Oct 23, 2019 13:21A high-ranking Russian military figure says Moscow has completed the deliveries of batteries of the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ankara, and that a new deal is under discussion.