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Syria operation in line with self-defence: Turkey tells UN
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 10 (ANI): Turkey has defended its action of launching an attack on the Northern Syria border, saying the operation was carried out in line with self-defence to counter the imminent terrorist threat and to ensure Turkey's border security.
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US takes custody of 2 British ISIS detainees from Kurdish
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 10 (ANI): The US military has taken the custody of two high profile British detainees known as "Beatles" notorious for their roles in an Islamic State cell who tortured and killed Western hostages.
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Trump threatens to wipe out Turkey's economy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 10 (ANI): After Turkey launched an offensive on northern border of Syria, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would devastate Ankara's economy if its operation wipes out the Kurdish population in Syria.
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Turkey begins military operation in northwest Syria, 2 civilians killed
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 9 (ANI): Two civilians were killed in airstrikes conducted by Turkish forces in Misharrafa village in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
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Turkey launches airstrike on SDF base in Syria's Hasakah Province
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 08 (ANI): Turkey on Monday launched an airstrike on a military base of Arab-Kurdish units of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) destroying two bridges in Syria's Hasakah Province, Sputnik reported.
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Turkey neutralises 61 PKK terrorists in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jul 7 (ANI): Turkish military forces have neutralised at least 61 terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as part of its ongoing anti-terrorism operation in the northern part of Iraq, officials said.
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UK: Jihadi Jack's parents found guilty of funding terrorism
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 22 (ANI): The parents of a Muslim convert, popularly known as 'Jihadi Jack', were on Saturday found guilty of funding terrorism after they sent money to their son in Syria.
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US warns Turkey against striking Syria
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo on Wednesday warned Turkey of "devastating results" if Ankara initiated any unilateral military action in Syria.
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Libyan authorities rescue 117 immigrants off its western coast
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Mar 30 (ANI): Libyan authorities rescued 117 immigrants, including children, off the coast of Al-Khoms on Friday.
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ISIS loses its last stronghold in Syria to SDF
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Sanaa [Syria], Mar 23 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has lost its last stronghold, Baghouz, in eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday.
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3,000 Islamic State terrorists surrender to US-backed forces in Syria
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Mar 13 (ANI): Over three thousand terrorists belonging to the UN-designated terror organisation Islamic State have surrendered to US-backed Kurdish forces.
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Syria: SDF resumes attack on last ISIL enclave
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 11 (ANI): The United States-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have resumed their attack against the final ISIL enclave in eastern Syria with an objective to clear out the last traces of its self-declared ‘caliphate’.
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