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Turkey soldier killed in clashes with Syrian Kurdish militia

A Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded in a clash with Syrian Kurdish militia forces, the defense ministry said

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New Syrian military councils are the SDF’s latest push for decentralization

Military councils in Tal Abyad, Kobane, Tabqa, Raqqa, Qamishli and al-Hol are part of the SDF’s transition to a “new organizational structure” in northeast Syria

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ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future

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Challenges after the elimination of ISIS

Although defeated on the battlefield, ISIS will continue to be a threat to stability in northern Syria, SDF commander Mazlum Kobane writes

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SDF declares ‘total’ victory over ISIS in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces has declared victory over Islamic State in Syria, effectively ending the group's control of territory

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Last days of the caliphate: Mutlu Civiroglu on Islamic State’s final stand in Syria

Mutlu Civiroglu detailed his experience with the SDF in the last days of ISIS's self-declared caliphate in Syria

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Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks

A senior Iraqi Kurdistan PUK Peshmerga official said his party is willing to provide material aid to the YPG in northern Syria if they are attacked by Turkey

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Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says

Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution

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SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”

The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent

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SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees

The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign intervention"

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