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Manbij bomb attack won’t impact Trump’s planned troop pullout from Syria: Erdogan
Jan 17, 2019 09:21Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he believes the recent deadly bomb attack in Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij, which killed several American soldiers, would not impact US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from war-torn Syria.
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Trump assures his party about sticking to his Syria, Afghanistan policy
Jan 17, 2019 03:01US President Donald Trump has reassured the GOP that he would stick to his plans for troop pullout from Syria and Afghanistan.
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IRGC commander vows to protect Iranian advisors in Syria after Israeli PM's threat
Jan 16, 2019 16:59The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has vowed to protect Iranian military advisors in Syria, dismissing as "ridiculous and funny" Israeli threats to attack them.
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Four US servicemen, 14 others killed in bomb attack in Syria’s northern city of Manbij
Jan 16, 2019 15:49At least four US servicemen and 14 other people have been reported dead after a massive bomb explosion struck near a patrol of the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij.
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Syrians, Iraqis defeated Daesh, not Americans: Zarif
Jan 16, 2019 11:17Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the victory over the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria was the result of endeavors by the two nations themselves and the United States played no role in defeating the outfit.
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Russia, Kurdish militants reject US-proposed ‘security zone’ under Turkish control
Jan 16, 2019 11:02US-backed Kurdish militants have rejected Washington’s proposal for the establishment of a “security zone” under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries’ border, saying it infringes on the sovereignty of the Arab country.
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Freezing temperature kills 15 displaced Syrian kids
Jan 16, 2019 05:21The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says at least eight internally displaced Syrian children have lost their lives because of freezing temperatures and the lack of medical care at a refugee camp in southwestern Syria over the past few weeks.
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Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces stop US reconnaissance mission on Iraq’s border with Syria
Jan 16, 2019 04:25Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have stopped a “suspicion reconnaissance mission” by US military forces to collect critical information about the movements and positions of the voluntary forces in the country’s western Province of Anbar and on the border with crisis-hit Syria.
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Damascus: Syrian settlement must include withdrawal of illegal foreign troops
Jan 15, 2019 12:19Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem held his first meeting with new UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in order to discuss a political settlement of the crisis in the country.
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Trump, Erdogan talk Syria ‘safe zone’ amid war of words over Kurdish militants
Jan 15, 2019 10:39US President Donald Trump has held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the establishment of a militant-free safe zone in northern Syria.