Syria

Syria will cooperate on Adana counter-terror agreement if Turkey withdraws forces

Syria declared its readiness to cooperate on an agreement that requires it to crack down on the PKK on the condition that Turkey remove its proxies and troops

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ISIS ‘caliphate’ in Syria cut to 4 square km, SDF commander says

ISIS's once-sprawling "caliphate" has been reduced to a four-square-kilometer pocket of territory in eastern Syria, an SDF commander said

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SDF’s ‘special status’ should be preserved in Syria political settlement, commander says

Mazloum Kobane, commander of the SDF spearheading the battle against ISIS, said the force's "special status" should be preserved in talks with the Damascus government

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Coalition investigates possible civilian casualties in Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley

The US-led Coalition against Islamic State said it was investigating possible civilian casualties in Syria's Middle Euphrates River Valley

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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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Russia calls on Israel to stop ‘arbitrary’ Syria airstrikes

Russia's foreign ministry called for an end to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, saying they were "arbitrary" and must be "ruled out"

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ISIS targets Coalition-SDF convoy in Hasakah suicide attack

US-led Coalition and SDF personnel were reported to be killed and injured in a suicide attack on a convoy in northeastern Syria's Hasakah governorate

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Israel fighter jets strike Iranian targets in Syria

Israel carried out airstrikes on Iranian targets inside Syria, the Israeli Defense Forces and Syrian state news agency said

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Last battlefield: The future of Syria’s Idlib after HTS militant takeover

After Syria's Idlib province was taken over by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance of jihadist groups, residents fear the possibility of a regime offensive

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France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says

France will remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East through 2019 despite the U.S. 'retreat' from Syria, President Emmanuel Macron said

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