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Erdogan continues the airstrikes and wants to launch a new ground operatio
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by the official Anadolu news agency as saying that "so far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralized in the operation", while the Kurdish YPG which strongly denies any involvement in the Istanbul bombing says that 30 civi
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Turkey deploys troops on Syrian border to launch offensive against Kurds:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has deployed hundreds of soldiers in northern Syria to launch an offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces, Turkish officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
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US sanctions on Turkey to be lifted, says Trump
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Washington would lift all sanctions imposed on Turkey after it agreed to halt its attacks on Kurdish forces and make the ceasefire in Syria permanent.
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Russia accuses US of abandoning Kurdish forces in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 23 (ANI): Russia on Wednesday accused the United States of abandoning Kurdish forces and leaving them to face the Turkey military offensive in northern Syria.
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Trump considering to leave 200 soldiers in eastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to leave a small contingent of American troops, nearly 200, in eastern Syria to combat the Islamic State, a senior administration official told the New York Times.
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Turkey threatens to 'crush' Kurds in case they fail to withdraw before Tue
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his forces would "crush the heads" of Syrian Kurdish forces in northern Syria if they did not complete a pullout from the border area within the stipulated time.
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US, Turkey reach agreement for ceasefire in Syria conflict
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 18 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) reached a deal with Turkey to suspend its military offensive in northern Syria for 120 hours to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw from the affected areas towards the safe zone.
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'Syria's sovereignty, territorial integrity should be respected': China u
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Oct 16 (ANI): China on Tuesday called on Turkey to stop its military operation against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, saying that Ankara's actions may lead to the outbound escape of terrorists and the resurgence of the Islamic State, thereby exacerbating counter-terro
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US to withdraw 1000 troops from Syria over next few weeks
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 15 (ANI): The United States will withdraw about 1000 additional troops from Syria over the next few weeks, amid the ongoing military operation by Turkey on the Kurdish forces.
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Kurdish forces could be releasing imprisoned IS terrorists to make US invo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Kurdish forces could be releasing imprisoned Islamic State terrorists to make Washington remain involved in northeastern Syria.
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Syria rules out talks with Kurdish forces amid Turkish assault
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct 13 (ANI): Governor of Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, Jayez Mousa, has ruled out the possibility of having talks with the Kurdish forces amid the ongoing Turkish assault in the northern region of the war-torn country, the state media reported on Sunday.
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3,000 Islamic State terrorists surrender to US-backed forces in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months 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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