Operation Peace Spring

Tel Tamer’s hectic hospital belies northern Syria ceasefire

Near the front line town of Tel Tamer, Syrian rebels backed by Turkish airpower and artillery capture a new village nearly every day

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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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Russia moves helicopters to new Syria base in Qamishli near Turkey border

Russia has begun moving helicopters and other equipment to a new base in Qamishli in northeastern Syria near the Turkey border

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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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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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Car bomb hits Suluk near Syria-Turkey border

A car bomb in northeast Syria killed eight people and wounded more than 20 people in an area of the country recently invaded by Turkey

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Turkey says it arrested dead ISIS leader Baghdadi’s sister in Azaz

Turkish forces in northern Syria detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS who was killed in a US raid last week

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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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Turkey releases 18 Syrian soldiers after talks with Russia

Turkey freed 18 Syrian soldiers that its forces captured in northeastern Syria, the defense ministry said

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