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Dec- 2018 -19 DecemberMiddle East
US to leave Syria-Turkey border observation posts in effort to buy withdrawal time
US officials plan to dismantle recently-built observation posts on the Syria-Turkey border after President Donald Trump announced US troops are to withdraw
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15 DecemberMiddle East
EU expects Turkey to refrain from ‘unilateral’ Syria military action, Mogherini says
The European Union's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini said the EU expects Turkey to refrain from any unilateral military action in northeast Syria
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustMiddle East
Kurds tie northern Syria stability to continued US military presence
Kurds in northern Syria are fearful due to the uncertainty of the future US military presence in the region
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24 AugustMiddle East
Slowly rising from the rubble, Raqqa rebuilds in the face of funding uncertainty
Raqqa faces obstacles to rebuild, Sirwan Kajjo reports from Syria, as Saudi Arabia pledges to fill the gap left by Trump’s stabilization funding cut
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Jun- 2018 -21 JuneCommentary
Assad’s bluff may double as a gain for Syria’s Kurds
President Bashar al-Assad has threatened military action against northern Syria, but do his threats cloak an opportunity for a deal with the Kurds?
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13 JuneMiddle East
There are no Italian troops in Syria, defense ministry says
Italian troops are not in Syria, a spokesperson for the Italian Ministry of Defense said, refuting Turkish media reports that Italian forces were deployed to Deir Ezzor province
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May- 2018 -17 MayMiddle East
Denmark to withdraw special forces from Iraq, but capacity-building contingent will stay
Denmark said that special forces assigned to the U.S.-led Coalition will be withdrawn because they have completed their mission, but other troops in capacity building, and radar operation roles will remain
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Apr- 2018 -5 AprilMiddle East
US Syria mission ‘has not changed,’ Pentagon says
The U.S. military's Syria mission has not changed and troops will remain for now, the Pentagon said, days after President Donald Trump said he wants U.S. forces to leave the country
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3 AprilMiddle East
Trump wants to ‘get out’ of Syria, bring US troops back home
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants American troops to "get out" of Syria, even as some of his top officials stressed the need to stay for the long term.
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3 AprilMiddle East
ISIS mines have killed about 200 civilians returning to Syria’s Raqqa
US-led Coalition Envoy Brett McGurk said improvised explosive devices have killed about 200 civilians returning to the Syrian city of Raqqa upon its liberation from Islamic State.
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