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Syria Strikes Kurdish Area of Aleppo as Fighters Refuse to Evacuate

Syria's army renewed strikes on a Kurdish district of Aleppo after fighters from the minority refused to leave in defiance of a ceasefire.

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Ceasefire Reached in Syria’s Aleppo After Deadly Flare-up: State Media

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on a ceasefire in Aleppo, state media reported Tuesday, after tensions between the two sides escalated into bombardments on the northern city.

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Syrian Kurdish Fighters Leave Aleppo Areas Under Deal With Authorities

Kurdish fighters withdrew from two neighborhoods of Syria's Aleppo city, as part of a broader push to integrate Kurdish-led institutions.

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Turkey Presses PKK to Disarm ‘Immediately’

Turkey insisted the PKK and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately," a week after a historic ceasefire.

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In Major Shift, Ocalan Calls for PKK to Drop Weapons, Disband

An emotional crowd broke into applause, while others wept in the main city of Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast Thursday as jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militant group to dissolve and his fighters to lay down their weapons.

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Syria’s Kurds Say 4 Civilians Killed in Turkish Attack

Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration accused Turkey of killing four civilians in the Manbij area, where clashes have raged for weeks over control of a strategic dam.

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Turkey Says Syrian Kurdish Fighters Will Be ‘Eliminated’

Turkey said it's "a matter of time" before Syrian Kurdish fighters - seen by the West as crucial against the Islamic State - to be wiped out.

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Syria Monitor Says Fighting Between Pro-Turkey, Kurdish Forces Kills 101

More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces.

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24 Killed as Pro-Ankara Factions Clash With Syria’s Kurdish-Led SDF

At least 24 fighters, mostly from Turkish-backed groups, were killed in clashes with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

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‘Imperative’ to Work Against IS in Syria, Blinken Tells Turkey

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told Turkey it was "imperative" to work against a resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

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