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UN to send envoy to Syria peace talks in Russia's Sochi despite opposition boycott
Jan 27, 2018 15:00United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to send his special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to an upcoming Syrian peace conference in Russia next week, a UN spokesman says.
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US needs to withdraw from Syria's Manbij region immediately, says Turkey
Jan 27, 2018 14:55Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says US military forces need to immediately withdraw from Syria's northern region of Manbij as Turkish troops are engaged in an operation in the Arab country’s Afrin region against militants from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
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US promises Turkey to stop arming Kurds, again
Jan 27, 2018 10:55Turkey says the United States has promised it for a second time to stop arming Syria-based Kurdish militants whom Ankara considers a threat to its security, as the American support for them risks pitting the two NATO members against one another.
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Most civilian deaths in Iraq, Syria occurred under Trump: Report
Jan 27, 2018 05:20Over three-quarters of civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria during the so-called US-led war against the Daesh terror group occurred under Donald Trump's presidency, according to new figures by the US military.
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Peace proposal by US, Saudi Arabia ‘not even worth the ink’: Syria
Jan 27, 2018 03:46The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations and head of the government delegation to intra-Syrian peace talks has strongly rejected a proposal offered by some countries, including the US and Saudi Arabia, for the resolution of the Syrian crisis, saying the so-called peace plan is “not even worth the ink.”
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Syrian army finds Israeli-made mines, chemicals in eastern Dayr al-Zawr
Jan 26, 2018 13:48Syrian government forces have discovered a considerable amount of Israeli-made landmines, toxic materials and munitions left behind by members of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the eastern sector of the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
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Erdoghan: Syria's offensive could expand as far as Iraq border
Jan 26, 2018 11:01President 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 09:50Kurdish 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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US airstrikes kill 15 civilians in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr
Jan 25, 2018 13:11Fresh air raids conducted by the US have claimed the lives of 15 civilians, including seven women, in Syria’s eastern Dayr al-Zawr Province.
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Turkey says will foil border 'games' as offensive against Syria continues
Jan 24, 2018 14:50President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will “thwart games” along its borders, starting with the northwestern Syrian city of Manbij, as Ankara presses ahead with its operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in the war-torn Arab country.