Syria
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Jan- 2019 -16 JanuaryMiddle East
SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees
The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign intervention"
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16 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria: US military personnel among dead in Manbij suicide bomb attack
A suicide attack was reported at a busy marketplace in the northern Syrian city of Manbij with an unknown number of casualties
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15 JanuaryMiddle East
New UN envoy for Syria makes first Damascus trip
The new UN envoy to Syria began his first trip to Damascus, facing the daunting task of rekindling peace talks and succeeding where his predecessors failed
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14 JanuaryMiddle East
US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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13 JanuaryMiddle East
Israel has struck targets in Syria hundreds of times, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had at the weekend carried out an airstrike in Syria, a rare public confirmation of such attacks
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12 JanuaryAir
Syria air defenses shoot down Israeli missiles near Damascus
Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles near Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source
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11 JanuaryCommentary
The duties of comrades-in-arms
It is the responsibility of the world to repay the Kurdish people and the rest of the peoples of the region for their sacrifice in the fight against ISIS, Polat Can argues
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11 JanuaryMiddle East
US begins Syria withdrawal
The US-led military coalition in Syria has begun pulling out, a spokesperson said without elaborating on locations or timetables
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
YPG and SDF capture 13 ISIS foreign fighters in one week
The YPG said it captured eight foreign ISIS fighters during the battle to recapture the Syrian town of Hajin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province from the group
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
Kazakhstan evacuates 30 children of ISIS fighters from Syria
Kazakhstan said dozens of its citizens, including children, had been evacuated from Syria after being held "hostage" in the country
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