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Middle East
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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Middle East
Raqqa security deteriorates as US drawdown threatens northern Syria stability
The drawdown of US troops from Syria has made Coalition allies’ sustained commitment to the counter-ISIS mission significantly more difficult
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Middle East
Pro-regime and Iran-backed militias sweep Syria-Iraq border for ISIS cells
The National Defense Forces, Syrian Arab Army troops, Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units are sweeping the border for ISIS cells
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Middle East
Iraqi police officer killed by Coalition ‘friendly fire’ near Kirkuk
An Iraqi federal police officer was killed and two others wounded by US-led Coalition aircraft fire near Kirkuk
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Middle East
ISIS steps up attacks on pro-Assad troops in Syria’s Badia desert
ISIS claims deadly attacks against Syrian government and pro-regime forces west of the Euphrates
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Africa
Fighting continues in Tripoli after US relocates personnel from key Libya operations center
Khalifa Haftar’s LNA advanced near a key US operations center near Tripoli prior to the evacuation of US personnel from the area
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Africa
Haftar’s Libyan National Army advances on Tripoli as western militias mobilize
General Khalifa Haftar ordered his Libyan National Army to move on the capital Tripoli ahead of UN talks aimed at a political “road map”
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Middle East
‘We have no choice but to liberate Efrin’ – Aldar Xelil on northern Syria’s next moves
Syrian Kurdish official Aldar Xelil says his forces are not counting on outside powers to protect them from Turkey
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Middle East
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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Middle East
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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