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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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Trump considering to leave 200 soldiers in eastern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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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 soldier killed by Kurdish units in Northern Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 20 (ANI): One Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured after Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) open fired at them near the town of Tell Abiad in northern Syria, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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Turkey threatens to 'crush' Kurds in case they fail to withdraw before Tue
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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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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US, Turkey reach agreement for ceasefire in Syria conflict
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Germany will not supply weapons to Turkey: Angela Merkel
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Oct 17 (ANI): In the wake of Turkey's operation in northeast Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Berlin would not deliver any arms to Ankara.
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'Syria's sovereignty, territorial integrity should be respected': China u
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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China urges Turkey to stop 'military action' in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Oct 15 (ANI): China on Tuesday called on Turkey to stop its "military action" in northern Syria and "return to the correct way of political resolution".
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US to withdraw 1000 troops from Syria over next few weeks
Updated : 6 years, 5 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, 5 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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