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Sep- 2019 -24 SeptemberMiddle East
INTERVIEW: Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed on security in North and East Syria
Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, speaks to Jared Szuba about the buffer zone, Turkey, constitutional committee and security in northern Syria
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24 SeptemberMiddle East
US and Turkey conduct second joint ground patrols in northeast Syria
The US and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria on as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone
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19 SeptemberMiddle East
US expects UN help with Turkey’s resettlement of Syrian refugees into border zone
The US expects the UN and NGOs to help “facilitate” a proposed resettlement of Syrian refugees living in Turkey into a planned buffer zone along Syria’s northeastern border
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19 SeptemberMiddle East
Pentagon official: makeshift jails for captured ISIS adherents in Syria ‘not sustainable’
A US official said the detainment of tens of thousands ISIS members in makeshift prisons in Syria is “not sustainable"
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15 SeptemberMiddle East
Syrian government labels SDF ‘separatist terrorist militias’ ahead of Ankara talks
In a rare shift of rhetoric, Syria's foreign ministry called the Syrian Democratic Forces "terrorists" ahead of a Russia-Iran-Turkey summit in Ankara
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12 SeptemberMiddle East
UN report details possible ‘war crimes’ by many sides in Syrian war
The US rejected a UN report alleging complicity in possible "war crimes" in Syria's civil war, including during airstrikes and raids
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8 SeptemberMiddle East
Joint US-Turkey ground patrols begin in Syria border zone
U.S. and Turkish troops began joint ground patrols in the Tal Abyad area of northeast Syria, near the Turkish border
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6 SeptemberMiddle East
Joint US-Turkey ground patrols set to start in Syria buffer zone, Akar says
Joint US-Turkey ground patrols along Syria's northeastern border will begin on September 8, Turkey's defense minister said
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Aug- 2019 -27 AugustMiddle East
YPG begins withdrawal from Syria-Turkey border
YPG forces have begun withdrawing from the Syria-Turkey border area as part of an agreement with the US and Turkey
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16 AugustMiddle East
Turkey, US agree on northern Syria buffer zone airspace control, Akar says
The US and Turkey agreed on airspace control over the Syria-Turkey border zone, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said
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