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US expects UN help with Turkey’s resettlement of Syrian refugees into border zone
The US expects the UN and NGOs to help “facilitate” a proposed resettlement of Syrian refugees living in Turkey into a planned buffer zone along Syria’s northeastern border
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Pentagon official: makeshift jails for captured ISIS adherents in Syria ‘not sustainable’
A US official said the detainment of tens of thousands ISIS members in makeshift prisons in Syria is “not sustainable"
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Syrian tribes call for Coalition help after Rukban aid convoy met with ‘aggression’
Tribal representatives in Syria's Rukban camp asked the US-led Coalition to take control after the UN and SARC were forced to cut short an aid mission
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Syrian government labels SDF ‘separatist terrorist militias’ ahead of Ankara talks
In a rare shift of rhetoric, Syria's foreign ministry called the Syrian Democratic Forces "terrorists" ahead of a Russia-Iran-Turkey summit in Ankara
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Denmark plans to boost military contributions to Syria, the Sahel and NATO
Denmark plans to increase military contributions to missions around the world, including in the Sahel, Syria, Lithuania and Estonia
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Joint US-Turkey ground patrols set to start in Syria buffer zone, Akar says
Joint US-Turkey ground patrols along Syria's northeastern border will begin on September 8, Turkey's defense minister said
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US begins talks with Houthi rebels in bid to end Yemen’s civil war
The United States has begun talks with Yemen's Houthi rebels in an effort to end the country's four-year civil war
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UN details Yemen war crimes, warns US, UK, France, Iran of complicity
A UN investigation into Yemen's devastating civil war found that multiple sides have repeatedly engaged in possible war crimes
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Yemen government claims recapture of Aden from southern rebels
The Yemeni government announced it has assumed control of the de facto capital Aden from southern separatists
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Iraq PMU leaders blame ‘external’ forces for mysterious base explosions
The deputy leader of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi militias said the US bore responsibility for a series of recent explosions at their bases
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