Syria
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Dec- 2019 -10 DecemberMiddle East
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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6 DecemberMiddle East
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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5 DecemberEurope
Germany plans to deport ‘criminals’ to war-torn Syria and Afghanistan
Interior ministers from Germany's federal states said they plan to ease deportation rules to allow Syrians convicted of serious crimes to be returned to the war-torn country
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3 DecemberEurope
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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Nov- 2019 -28 NovemberMiddle East
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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25 NovemberMiddle East
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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23 NovemberMiddle East
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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22 NovemberMiddle East
UK to repatriate first British children of ISIS-linked parents from Syria
The UK will for the first time repatriate orphan children of British parents who had traveled to join ISIS in Syria
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19 NovemberMiddle East
Israeli air defenses intercept 4 rockets fired from Syria
Israel's anti-missile defense system intercepted four rockets fired from neighboring Syria, the IDF said
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19 NovemberMiddle East
US citizen ISIS member wants to know why he can’t go home
Kosovar-American Lirim Sulejmani traveled with his family to Syria to live under ISIS. Now in an SDF prison, he recalled the allure of the group’s propaganda
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