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Syria: Turkish offensive anchored in Erdogan’s expansionist illusions
Oct 17, 2019 13:11The Syrian government has strongly condemned the ongoing ground offensive by Turkish soldiers and allied Takfiri terrorists against Kurdish forces in the northern part of the war-battered Arab country, saying the military operation has its roots in the "expansionist ambitions and illusions" of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration.
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Turkey’s Syria incursion displaces over 300,000: Monitor
Oct 17, 2019 09:12Turkey's offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria has displaced over 300,000 people, a report says.
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Cases of chemical burns reported in Syria’s north: Syrian state media
Oct 17, 2019 09:10Syrian state media say people from the war-torn northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn have been arriving at a hospital with burns apparently from chemical substances.
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Erdogan says won't hold talks with US delegation on Ankara visit
Oct 17, 2019 03:38Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he would not meet with US Vice President Mike Pence and State Secretary Mike Pompeo during their visit to Ankara to discuss a ground offensive by his country’s military forces and allied militants against Kurdish forces in the northern part of Syria.
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Erdogan: No talks with Syria Kurds until safe zone established
Oct 16, 2019 12:19President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will never sit at the negotiating table with Kurdish militants in Syria, emphasizing that Ankara’s military operation in the Arab country’s north will come to an end only when the Kurds leave the region and a “safe zone” is established there.
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Iran’s top diplomat urges Turkey to end Syria incursion
Oct 16, 2019 06:06Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Turkey against the consequences of its military attacks on northern Syria and called on Ankara to end the incursion.
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US imposes sanctions on Turkey over military operation
Oct 16, 2019 05:00The US President Donald Trump imposed late on Monday sanctions on Turkish senior officials and ministries.
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Turkey may be 'responsible' for executions of Kurds in Syria: UN
Oct 16, 2019 04:46The United Nations has warned that reported summary executions of civilians in northeastern Syria carried out by Turkish-backed Takfiri terrorists could constitute a “war crime,” and that the Ankara government could be “deemed responsible.”
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Pence, Pompeo leave for Turkey as Erdogan rejects ‘ceasefire’
Oct 16, 2019 04:10US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have left for Turkey to seek “ceasefire,” an offer President Tayyip Erdogan has already dismissed.
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Syrian army troops take full control of Manbij
Oct 15, 2019 16:00Syrian army troops have established full control over Manbij, a city in the northern province of Aleppo, and its nearby settlements, amid Turkey’s cross-border invasion in northeastern Syria and an abrupt US retreat of its forces from the city.