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Syrian army, Kurdish-led SDF accuse each other of ceasefire violations
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
The Syrian army said on Sunday that the SDF launched multiple drone attacks in the countryside around Aleppo, breaching the recently extended ceasefire and targeting deployment sites near the town of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane.
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Kurdish PKK to withdraw its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"We are implementing the withdrawal of all our forces within Turkiye," the Kurdish PKK said in a statement read out on Sunday in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, according to an AFP journalist present there.
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Turkey, Russia to jointly push back Kurdish fighters along Turkey's border
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sochi [Russia], Oct 23 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday (local time) agreed to jointly push back Kurdish fighters from a "safe zone" along the Turkey-Syria border, after marathon talks here.
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Kurds fully withdraw from besieged Syria border town
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 21 (ANI): Kurdish fighters belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday fully withdrew from the besieged Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain in the first pullback under a ceasefire deal with Turkey brokered by the United States.
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Turkish-backed forces, Kurds fight on first day of Syria ceasefire
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 20 (ANI): Turkish-backed Syrian forces clashed with the Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria on Friday (local time), the first day of the ceasefire brokered between Turkey and the United States to suspend the military offensive in the war-torn region.
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Turkish forces kill 2 Kurdish fighters, seize Syrian border town of Ras al
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighters on Saturday (local time) killed at least two Kurdish prisoners, including the head of a Kurdish political party.
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Death toll rises as Turkish offensive in Syria enters 2nd day
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 (ANI): At least 16 Kurdish fighters have been killed as Turkish ground forces assaulted towns in northeastern Syria.
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Trump uncertain over Turkish offensive feat in North Syria, boasts US role
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 : Expressing uncertainty over Turkey's recently launched military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, President Donald Trump on late Wednesday (local time) said that in case the former 'lose control', the United States has already taken custod
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'US will leave Syria only after ensuring safety of Kurdish fighters'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Jan 07 (ANI): United States troops will be pulled out of Syria only after defeating the Islamic States (ISIS) and ensuring that the Kurds are safe, President Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton said on Sunday.
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Kurdish fighters should be given US weapon in Syria, suggests US commander
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington (US) Dec 29 (ANI): US commanders have recommended to the Pentagon that Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Syria be allowed to keep US-supplied weapon after the exit of US troops from the regions, say reports.
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Brit IS militants captured in Syria: report
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 9 (ANI): Two British Islamic States (IS) militants have reportedly been captured by the US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria.
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U.S. starts delivering arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Despite opposition from Turkey, the United States has started delivering military equipment to the Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including small arms and vehicles, as part of an effort to take the Islamic State-controlled cit
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