Operation Peace Spring

Syria’s defense ministry calls on SDF to join government forces

Syria’s defense ministry called on Syrian Democratic Forces members to integrate into the army as its troops deployed on Turkish border

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Joint Russia-Turkey patrols to begin in northeast Syria on Friday

Turkish-Russian joint patrols will start in Syria on Friday, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after a deadline for an SDF withdrawal expired

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18 ‘regime elements’ captured in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry says

18 people who said they were Syrian government forces were captured near Ras al-Ayn in northern Syria, Turkey's defense ministry said

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SDF withdraws from northern Syria border zone ahead of schedule, Russia says

Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule

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US to keep Deir Ezzor oilfields out of Syrian government hands, Esper says

US deployment to Syria's oilfields is aimed in part at denying them to Russia and the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said

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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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Additional Russian military police arrive in Syria for border patrols

Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier under a deal with Turkey

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Five Turkish soldiers injured in northeast Syria attack

Five Turkish soldiers were wounded after an SDF attack n a northeastern Syrian border town, the defense ministry said

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Turkey-backed rebels launch ‘large-scale’ assault on 3 Syrian villages, SDF says

Turkey-backed rebels launched an assault on three villages outside the area of Ankara's military operations in northeast Syria, the SDF said

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Russian military police convoy heads for Syria-Turkey border

Russian forces crossed the Euphrates river in Syria and headed for the border with Turkey under a deal for the withdrawal of the SDF

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