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Jan- 2018 -17 JanuaryMiddle East
Turkey’s national security council says steps to be taken immediately to defeat threats from Syria
Turkey's national security council said steps should be taken "immediately and resolutely" to defeat threats against the country from western Syria
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16 JanuaryMiddle East
UK “not involved” in Syrian Border Security Force
Updated January 16 The United Kingdom is not involved in the new Syrian Border Security Force set up by the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State and the Syrian Democratic Forces, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. “We are not involved in this particular line of Coalition effort. We remain clear that liberated areas must have long-term, legitimate and inclusive local governance and security structures,” a U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson told The Defense Post on Tuesday, January 16. On Saturday, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs Officer Colonel Thomas F. Veale told The Defense Post that the Coalition and SDF were working jointly to train the 30,000-strong Syrian border security force. The BSF will be partly composed of veteran fighters and operate under the leadership of the SDF, the backbone of which is made of the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey’s foreign ministry on Sunday said Turkey was not consulted on the establishment of the Border Security Forcce and that Turkey does not know which Coalition members approved the decision. “To attribute such a unilateral step to the whole Coalition is an extremely wrong move that could harm the fight against Daesh,” the ministry said. A spokesperson for the Coalition told The Defense Post that “Turkey is a …
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13 JanuaryWar
Coalition retraining 15,000 veteran SDF fighters to serve as Syrian border force
The US-led Coalition against ISIS and Syrian Democratic Forces are training a 30,000-strong Syrian border security force made of Kurds and Arabs
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13 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria: Erdogan warns of Turkey military operation in Efrin and Manbij ‘in about a week’
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly signalled an imminent military operation against Manbij and Efrin in northern Syria
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10 JanuaryMiddle East
Captured French militant claims ISIS fighters in Syria aim to reach Europe through Turkey
Captured French foreign fighter Thomas Barnouin told the YPG that ISIS is trying to reach Europe through Turkey to carry out attacks
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Dec- 2017 -3 DecemberMiddle East
YPG declares eastern Deir Ezzor free of ISIS at press conference with Russian officials
The mainly Kurdish Syrian YPG declared eastern Deir Ezzor free from Islamic State at a press conference with Russian military officials
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Nov- 2017 -27 NovemberMiddle East
US reviewing military support provided to SDF – Pentagon
The U.S. Department of Defense is reviewing military support provided to the Syrian Democratic Forces, including "Kurdish elements of the SDF"
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17 NovemberMiddle East
Erdogan says Turkey must “cleanse” mainly Kurdish PYD and YPG from Syria’s Efrin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the mainly Kurdish Efrin canton must be cleansed of the PYD and YPG, speaking ahead of planned multilateral meetings on Syria next week
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Oct- 2017 -5 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey says military ready for operation against Efrin, Syria
Turkey's presidential spokesperson said plans are in place for military operation against Efrin canton in Syria and that the army could move at any time.
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