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Turkish Intelligence Eliminates PKK Official in Aleppo

Turkish intelligence has eliminated a figure from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the biggest component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in an operation in northern Syria. Mehmet Yildirim, a senior figure of the PKK group's Syrian wing YPG, was killed in Syria in an operation run by the National…

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Displaced Syrians Fear Turkish Threats Spell New Exodus

Syria's grinding conflict has already uprooted Ahmed Yassin and his family several times, but now they fear a threatened Turkish offensive will force them to flee the muddy camp they call home. The 34-year-old, his wife and two children live in Sandaf in Syria's Aleppo province -- just south of…

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Turkish-backed Syrian forces expect military operation soon

SNA forces say the fight against the SDF in Tal Rifaat and Manbij is a chance for some of their fighters to return home.

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Syrian Opposition Tasks Local Military Councils with Liberating Manbij, Tal Rifaat

Opposition factions affiliated with the Ankara-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) have assigned recently formed military councils in the Aleppo countryside cities of Tel Rifaat and Manbij to lead military operations, in cooperation with Turkish forces, to liberate the two cities from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). “In line with important…

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Syrian, Russian Forces Boosted after Turkey Signals Operation

Russia and Syrian government forces have been bolstered in northern Syria where Turkey may soon launch an offensive against Kurdish fighters, Turkish and opposition Syrian officials said, as Ankara prepares for talks with Moscow. President Tayyip Erdogan said two weeks ago Turkey would launch new military operations in Syria to…

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Ahead of Lavrov Visit, Turkey Escalates in Syria’s Manbij, Tal Rifaat

Turkish forces and their allies in Syria have stepped up their bombardment of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern city of Manbij. The escalation comes at a time Turkish military sources confirmed that the Syrian National Army (SNA) completed preparations for the potential military campaign announced by President Recep…

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Syria 'Safe Zone': 3 Options for Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his demand to establish a safe zone, devoid of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), 30 kilometers deep into northern Syria. Erdogan first made his intentions clear in 2013 and then presented a detailed map of his vision…

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Turkey Continues to Amass Forces ahead of Incursion in Northern Syria

Turkey and its allied Syrian National Army continued to amass forces in northern Syria on Thursday ahead of the imminent launch of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in Tal Rifaat and Manbij west of the Euphrates River. Turkey continued to send reinforcements to the frontlines in…

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Rocket Attack in Opposition-Held Syrian Town Kills at Least 3

A rocket struck a residential area in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding others, opposition activist said. Some activists said that the rocket was fired on Tal Abyad by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a claim that…

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Erdogan Says Turkey to Rid Syria's Tal Rifaat, Manbij of 'Terrorists'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey will rid northern Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbij areas of terrorists, confirming the targets of the new incursion for the first time and saying it will continue into other regions. His comments, in a speech to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party,…

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Turkey says Syria military operation to target Tal Rifaat, Manbij

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says military operation will target two cities controlled by the SDF in northern Syria.

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Erdogan says Turkey to rid Syria's Tal Rifaat, Manbij of terrorists

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey will rid Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbij areas of terrorists and its planned military operations will gradually continue in other parts of northern Syria.

Reuters

Turkey Prepares to Expand Safe Zones in Syria Despite US Warnings

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent statement led to a dispute with the US concerning the safe zones in Syria. Erdogan on Monday said Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create safe zones 30 km (20 miles) deep to combat what he characterized as…

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Erdogan's vowed military operation returns spotlight to Syrian border towns

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to carry out a new military incursion on Turkey's southern borders has triggered speculation about potential targets, with the Syrian town of Tal Rifaat emerging as a primary goal of any operation.

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American Sanctions Waivers: Syrian Pitfalls and Regional Questions

If someone were to carry out an investment project in Qamishli, which is held by Washington's allies in northeastern Syria, and employed people from the "security square" affiliated with Damascus, would that be a violation of American sanctions? If someone were to carry out an investment project in Azaz in…

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