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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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Ukraine troops and Lugansk separatists begin withdrawal from Zolote

The Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists said they had begun to withdraw their troops from the key Zolote area ahead of a high-stakes summit

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Russia's defense minister said that Kurdish forces in northern Syria had withdrawn from areas along Turkey's border ahead of schedule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

The US will have to reckon with the consequences of Trump's greenlighting the Turkish invasion in northeast Syria, Jonathan Ruhe and Ari Cicure argue

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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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Eight Russian soldiers killed in shooting at Zabaykalsky military base

A Russian soldier opened fire at fellow troops in a Siberian military base, killing eight and wounding another two

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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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Russia sends S-400 to Serbia for drills as Belgrade confirms Pantsir-S purchase

Serbia has ordered a Pantsir-S air defense system, the president said, as Russia deployed both S-400 and Pantsir-S systems to the Balkan state

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