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Turkey arrests more than 300 over criticism of Syrian offensive
Jan 29, 2018 15:45Turkey has arrested more than 300 people for social media posts criticizing its military offensive against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria's northwestern region of Afrin.
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Syria peace effort on track as delegates gather in Sochi
Jan 29, 2018 10:44A new round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition aimed at solving the country's crisis begins in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday.
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Erdogan says Turkey to clear entire Syrian border of terrorists
Jan 28, 2018 15:23President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan says Turkey will "clean" its entire border with Syria as Ankara continues its operation against the Kurdish militants supported by the United States in the Arab country.
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Syrian Kurds boycott Russia peace talks over Turkish incursion
Jan 28, 2018 14:26Syria’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 10:48An 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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Syria resolute in continuing anti-terror fight with help of Iran, Russia: Assad
Jan 27, 2018 16:32President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated Syria’s resolve to continue battling terrorism with the help of Iran and Russia, amid efforts for the peaceful settlement of the crisis in the Arab country.
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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.