Operation Peace Spring

US forces clash with locals at Syrian regime checkpoint in Qamishli

US troops clashed with civilians near Qamishli in northeast Syria near the Turkish border following a confrontation over an American patrol convoy

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Car bomb kills Turkish soldiers, Syrian fighters in contested northeast

Three Turkish soldiers and at least four Syrian fighters were killed in the latest car bombing near the town of Tal Abyad in northeast Syria

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Car bomb in Tel Halaf kills 5, latest in Syrian town captured by Turkey from YPG

Turkey's defense ministry announced that a car bomb killed a five civilians in northeast Syria, the latest in a series of deadly car bombings

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Fearing conscription into Assad’s army, Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq

Syrian Kurdish men in Iraq say they fled not only Turkey's military offensive but the possibility of conscription into Assad's army

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Russian troops enter Syria’s Raqqa, filling void of withdrawing US forces

The Russian military moved into ISIS's former capital at Raqqa in northeast Syria following an agreement with the SDF

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Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete

The US has completed a pullback of forces from contested areas of northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Esper told Reuters on Wednesday

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Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan

Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said

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Mortar fire kills 2 Turkish soldiers in Akcakale on Syria border

Two Turkish soldiers died when a mortar hit their post in Akcakale on the Syrian border, the defense ministry said

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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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US deployment to Syria’s oilfields won’t halt further Turkish attacks, Kurdish official says

US forces guarding northeast Syria's oilfields will not prevent an expansion of Turkey’s incursion, TEV-DEM official Aldar Xelil said

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