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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.
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Turkey, Russia agree to remove Kurdish militants from NE Syria, launch joint patrols
Oct 22, 2019 17:03Russia and Turkey have reached a deal to establish a safe zone long sought by Ankara in northern Syria, which will see Kurdish militants operating in the region removed to beyond 30 kilometers from the Turkish border.
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US forces move 1,500 Daesh women from Syria to Iraq amid Turkish offensive: Report
Oct 22, 2019 13:18US military forces have reportedly transferred more than 1,500 female members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from Syria to neighboring Iraq in the wake of a ground offensive by Turkish troops and their allied militants against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.