Syria

Hezbollah’s missiles of mass destruction

It’s long been surmised that Iran could deploy Hezbollah against Israel as a first-strike force or in response to an attack on its nuclear facilities

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Syria: Ceasefire established in Idlib province following Turkish delegation visit to Russia

A ceasefire between warring sides in Syria's Idlib province came into effect following the visit of a Turkish delegation to Russia

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Turkey will not pull out of Idlib observation posts in Syria, Akar says

Turkey will not withdraw from its observation posts in Syrian rebel bastion province of Idlib which has seen an increase in violence carried out by regime forces

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Car bomb in Tel Halaf kills 5, latest in Syrian town captured by Turkey from YPG

Turkey's defense ministry announced that a car bomb killed a five civilians in northeast Syria, the latest in a series of deadly car bombings

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Fearing conscription into Assad’s army, Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq

Syrian Kurdish men in Iraq say they fled not only Turkey's military offensive but the possibility of conscription into Assad's army

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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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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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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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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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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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