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Contempt and violence spiral in al-Hol camp, where ISIS women dread regime’s return

With winter approaching and tensions in Syria's al-Hol camp at a boiling point, some ISIS-affiliated women said they intend to escape

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YPG begins withdrawal from Syria-Turkey border

YPG forces have begun withdrawing from the Syria-Turkey border area as part of an agreement with the US and Turkey

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Turkey, US agree on northern Syria buffer zone airspace control, Akar says

The US and Turkey agreed on airspace control over the Syria-Turkey border zone, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said

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US and Turkey start work on Syria border zone

A US delegation arrived in Turkey to begin work on creating a buffer zone in northern Syria, under a plan strongly rejected by Damascus

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Turkey and US agree to jointly administer northern Syria border zone

The US and Turkey agreed to establish a joint operations center to administer a proposed buffer zone on Syria’s northeastern border

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Esper says US would prevent ‘unilateral’ Turkish action against SDF in northern Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to "eliminate" the YPG in northeast Syria – a move deemed "unacceptable" by the Pentagon

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If the world really wants to defeat ISIS, it needs to listen to North East Syria

The organizers of the International Forum on ISIS hope to shed light on the next steps against the resurgent terror group in northeast Syria

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SDF signs UN plan to end use of children in Syrian conflict

SDF commander General Mazloum Abdi signed a plan with the UN to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children in the war in Syria

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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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