Syria

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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NATO defense ministers criticize Turkey’s northern Syria incursion

NATO defense ministers slammed Turkey's military operation in Syria but recognized they have few options to sanction the strategic ally

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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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US official warned Syrian Kurdish leader not to talk to Assad or Russia in heated meeting

A US State Department official warned Syrian Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed not to engage with Bashar al-Assad's government or with Russia

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FULL TEXT: Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and Russia on northern Syria

Memorandum of Understanding Between Turkey and the Russian Federation (Sochi, October 22, 2019)

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Russia and Turkey announce joint patrols in 10-km Syrian border security zone

Russia and Turkey have agreed to a plan for northeast Syria that will see Russian patrols of a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkey border

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SDF forces have left Syria-Turkey border buffer zone, spokesperson says

SDF fighters have left the area of operations in northern Syria in accordance with an agreement between Turkey and the US

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Assad says Idlib is key to ending Syrian war in rare visit

Defeating terrorists in Idlib is the key to ending Syria's civil war, President Bashar al-Assad said in a visit to the embattled northwestern region

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