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Turkey allows cooperation over border security zone with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 24 (ANI): Turkey has the capability to build a proposed security zone on its border with Syria, but would not exclude anybody, including the United States and Russia, who wants to extend cooperation over the issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursd
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2 killed, 8 injured in Syria bus explosion
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 20 (ANI): As many as two people were killed and eight others reportedly injured in twin explosions in the northern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday.
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Day after 'devastating' tweet on Turkey, Trump speaks to Erdogan
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday spoke to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where they discussed the current situation in Syria and the economic development between the two countries, a day after he threatened to "devastate" Turkey's economy
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Trump threatens to 'devastate' Turkey if Kurds are attacked
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) threatened to "devastate Turkey economically" if it attacked the Kurds in the region.
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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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US seeks to ensure "Turks don't slaughter the Kurds" in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The US has asserted that it will ensure that the "Turks don't slaughter the Kurds" in Syria amid the exit of US troops in the strife-torn region.
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Graham 'reassured' about US efforts in Syria amid pull out
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that the United States would withdraw from Syria in a manner that will ensure that the ISIS is permanently destroyed while keeping Iran at bay in the region.
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US presence in Syria 'wrong and illogical' from start, says Iran
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 22 (ANI): Iran on Saturday stated that US presence in Syria was "wrong and illogical" from the start and the "primary cause of instability and insecurity" in the region.
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Israel will protect itself: Netanyahu amidst US pull out from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Dec 20 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that the nation will "protect itself" as US President Donald Trump indicated plans for pulling troops out from Syria.
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Syrian Kurds ally with SDF, resume fighting against ISIS
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sousa (Syria), Nov 13 (ANI): In an attempt to drive out the Islamic State (ISIS) militants from its last remaining strongholds, the Syrian Kurdish forces have resumed the fight in an alliance with the Syrian Arab fighters, together known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Turkey bombs Kurdish-controlled Syrian city
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 21 (ANI): Turkish jets have bombed US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria`s Afrin province in a bid to oust the fighters.
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Iraqi forces takeover Kirkuk province
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct.20 (ANI): Iraqi armed forces on Friday took control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
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