Syria

‘French and US troops are operating on the ground,’ northern Syria official says

US and French troops are on the ground, a northern Syria official said, as the French and US governments offered differing messages about deployments that may deter Turkey

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Bomb kills 2 Coalition personnel, injures 5 in Manbij, Syria

A car bomb in the northern Syrian town of Manbij killed two personnel from the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State and injured five others on Thursday, March 29.

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France to send troops to Manbij as Trump says US coming out of Syria “very soon”

France is to "very quickly" send troops to Manbij in northern Syria to block the advance of Turkish forces, French media reported, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be coming out of Syria "very soon"

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Turkey threatens to “take initiative” in Manbij ahead of ministerial meeting in Washington

Turkey will not hesitate to act if YPG members do not leave the Syrian town of Manbij, the country's national security council said, ahead of a meeting between Turkish and American ministers

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First Syrian rebels leave Eastern Ghouta enclave under Russia-brokered deal

Syrian rebels and their families began leaving the shrinking Eastern Ghouta enclave outside Damascus under an evacuation deal brokered by regime ally Russia

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Israel admits 2007 air strike on ‘nuclear reactor’ in Deir Ezzor, Syria

Israel admitted it was responsible for a top-secret 2007 air raid against a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria, a strike the intelligence minister says serves as a warning to Iran

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Erdogan says Turkey to expand military operation in Syria to Manbij, Kobane and Qamishli

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to expand Turkey's campaign in Syria to other Kurd-held territory up to the Iraq border, and again threatened a military operation against Sinjar in Iraq

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Kurds threaten guerrilla campaign after Turkey takes control of Syria’s Efrin

Turkish troops and their allies took control of the Syrian town of Efrin, while mainly Kurdish militias said they would now switch to a guerrilla campaign to avoid civilian casualties. 

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Omar Alloush – murdered for building a shared future for Syria’s Arabs and Kurds?

Assassinated in his home, Alloush worked for reconciliation between Arabs and Kurds, focusing on stabilization projects in land liberated from ISIS. Syrian Kurds blame Turkey for his murder.

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Syria: Turkey says Efrin town encircled, agreement reached over military deployment in Manbij

Turkey's military and Syrian rebel allies have encircled the Syrian town of Afrin, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said, while Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that an agreement was reached with the US for Turkish troops to deploy in Manbij

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