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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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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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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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McConnell announces proposal appealing US troops to stay in Syria, Afghani
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell is pursuing an amendment to a Middle East policy bill that would acknowledge the "al Qaeda, ISIS and their affiliates in Syria and Afghanistan continue to pose a serious threat to us here at home," a move in opposit
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'Safe zones in Syria to allow refugees to return home'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Jan 29 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is planning to form 'safe zones' in northern Syria so that Syrian refugees in Turkey can return to their home country.
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Turkish military shoot, wound 3 Iraqi civilians who attacked military base
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Erbil [Iraq], Jan 27 (ANI): Three Iraqi civilians were shot and wounded by Turkish troops after scores of protesters stormed a Turkish military base in Northern Iraq on Saturday.
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Turkey slams US for being "shadowed by its terrorist propaganda" in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara (Turkey) Jan 14 (ANI): Turkey on Monday slammed the United States for being "shadowed by its terrorist propaganda" and has advised Washington to honour its "strategic partnership" with Ankara.
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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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