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Middle East
Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return
With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to escape
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Asia Pacific
2 US service members killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
Two US military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support mission said
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“The sky is against us” – Syrian Christian fighters struggle to hold their lines in Tel Tamer
Syriac Military Council's Aram Hanna says resisting Turkey-backed rebels in northern Syria is impossible without heavy weapons
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SDF secures ‘ticking time-bomb’ ISIS prisoners in Syria against alarming odds
The Syrian Democratic Forces struggles to contain ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria as the US warns their conditions are a ticking time-bomb
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US and SDF resume joint operations against ISIS sleeper cells in Syria
US forces and the SDF have begun operations against ISIS sleeper cells in northern Syria, foreign affairs official Aldar Xelil said
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Middle East
Dozens injured as multiple explosions hit Qamishli in northeast Syria
A series of bombs exploded in the northeast Syrian border town of Qamishli, killing at least one person
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Middle East
Dutch government admits killing Iraqi civilians in anti-ISIS airstrike
The Dutch government admitted that it killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamic State in Iraqi in 2015
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Middle East
Turkey and Russia begin joint patrols on northern Syria border
Turkish and Russian forces on Friday, November 1 began joint patrols near the Syria-Turkey border under a deal agreed in Sochi for the border area. The first joint patrol with ground units and drones began on Friday in the Darbasiyah district of Hasakah governorate, the Turkish Ministry of National Defence tweeted along with photos of the patrol. Rusya Federasyonu ile 22 Ekim 2019 tarihinde Soçi’de varılan mutabakat çerçevesinde; Türk ve Rus askeri unsurlarının ve İHA’ların iştirakiyle ilk ortak devriye, Fırat’ın doğusundaki Derbesiye bölgesinde başladı.#MSB #TSK pic.twitter.com/tseFhBlERy — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) November 1, 2019 The patrols were set to begin earlier this week but were delayed. After marathon talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi on October 22, Russia and Turkey signed a deal that would see Russian military police and Syrian border guards “facilitate the removal” of Syrian Democratic Forces from border areas. On October 9, NATO-member Turkey and its Syrian proxy forces launched the Operation Peace Spring incursion into Syria to push the SDF and its predominantly-Kurdish YPG component south after U.S. President Donald Trump said American troops would withdraw from the immediate area. Ankara wants to clear a 30-km buffer zone to …
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Middle East
US kills ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, Trump says
US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an operation in northwest Syria's Idlib province, Donald Trump announced
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Middle East
After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees
Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels
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