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Baghdadi's death 'turning point' in fight against terror: Erdogan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The elimination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organisation by US forces in Syria is a "turning point" in the fight against terrorism and Turkey is determined to continue contributing to it, Turkish President R
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Kurdistan Workers' Party worse than ISIS, says Donald Trump
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 17 : Days after his decision to pull US Forces out of northern Syria, President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is worse than the ISIS.
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Dozens of high-value IS detainees left behind by US Forces in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 14 : The American military was unable to carry out a plan to transfer about five dozen "high value" Islamic State detainees out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons, The New York Times reported on Sunday (local time).
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Syria rules out talks with Kurdish forces amid Turkish assault
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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US Forces say Turkey deliberately fired at American troop positions in Syr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey deliberately fired artillery shells at American troop positions in Syria's Kobani, a report has claimed amidst Ankara's ongoing offensive in the region.
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Trump approves deployment of US forces to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump has approved the deployment of US forces to Saudi Arabia and UAE.
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90 terrorists killed, 20 injured in counter-terrorism operation by US, Afg
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Paktika [Afghanistan], Sept 15 (ANI): In a joint counter-terrorism operation by the Aghan and the US forces, 110 Taliban terrorists were killed or injured in the South-eastern Paktika province on Sunday.
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US must target Afghan Taliban in Pakistan to win in Afghanistan, says scho
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jun 4 (ANI): A noted American scholar has hinted that it's about time for the US forces to strike at Afghan Taliban bases in Pakistan as part of its counter-terrorism fight in Afghanistan.
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'US forces should stay in Afghanistan until no insurgency left'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 9 (ANI) : A top US military official, during a congressional hearing here on Wednesday (local time) suggested that the United States should not withdraw their troops from Afghanistan until insurgency is uprooted from the country.
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Withdrawal of forces from Afghan will be done only after peace deal, says
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanisthan], Apr 28 (ANI): The withdrawal of US forces from war-torn Afghanistan will be done only after peace is attained, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said.
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More civilians killed by US, Afghan forces than Taliban: UN report on Afgh
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Apr 24 (ANI): More civilians have been killed by airstrikes carried out by Afghan and US forces than by the Taliban in the first quarter of 2019, as per a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report.
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After IRGC's terror designation, Iran FM suggests listing US forces too
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Apr 8 (ANI): In response to the United States designating Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "foreign terrorist organisation," Iran's Foreign Minister on Monday suggested the listing of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) in its terror list.
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