SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia said on Friday that the repatriation of nine ex-Islamic State fighters, along with wives and children, from Syria that had been…
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Airstrike on market in Syrian rebel-held town kills 10
BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike on a market in a rebel-held town in the country’s northwest has killed at least 10…
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American Kurds take up Syria fight
The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House this week reignited the controversy over his country’s actions against Syria’s Kurds. And…
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Coalition fighting Islamic State had 'difference of opinion' on repatriation of detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a coalition fighting Islamic State had a “difference of opinion” at a meeting in Washington on Thursday on whether jihadi…
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Congress and White House at odds as Erdogan and Trump set to meet
US Congress prepares possible economic sanctions as White House seeks to manage friction with a NATO ally. Washington, DC – When Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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Turkish forces in patrol shoot at protesters in Syria's Kobani: witness, Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkish forces conducting a joint patrol in northern Syria under a Russian-Turkish deal fired live rounds on Tuesday at protesters near the…
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Damascus attack hit Islamic Jihad official's home, group says
GAZA (Reuters) – The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said an attack was carried out against the home of one of its officials in Damascus…
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Turkey starts repatriating Islamic State detainees
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it had deported two captives from Islamic State — a German and an American — beginning a programme…
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Erdogan says U.S. not fulfilling Syria promises, ahead of Trump talks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States and Russia on Thursday of failing to fulfill their part of a deal for…
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Dread grows in Syria as ceasefire draws to end
DERIK, SYRIA (WASHINGTON POST) – As the final hours of a ceasefire in northeastern Syria wound down on Tuesday (Oct 29), dread descended on a…
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Baghdadi hid in Syrian war region full of menace, pain
ISTANBUL (WASHINGTON POST) – When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group, he…
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Russia decries US decision to secure oil fields in eastern Syria
Russia calls US move ‘banditry’ amid deal with Turkey to accelerate Syrian gov’t deployment in Kurdish-held area. Russia’s Defence Ministry has criticised the United States’…
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Pentagon readying plan to contain ISIS, safeguard oil in Syriam says US senator
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US military leaders are preparing a plan that could keep Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters from regaining a foothold…
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Trump says US pullout from Syria a political promise kept
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – In President Donald Trump’s telling on Wednesday (Oct 23), his withdrawal of all but a few US forces from Syria makes…
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