Trump Syria
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Turkey’s military will attack Kurdish forces left along Syrian border: officialThe Syrian Kurdish fighters have until 3 p.m. GMT Tuesday to pull back to positions about 30 kilometres from the Turkish border. Turkey and Russia will conduct joint patrols along a border strip once the Kurdish forces leave.WorldOct 28, 2019
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Turkish troops, Kurdish forces battle for key town along Syrian borderThe United States also called on Turkey to stop the offensive and declare a cease-fire, while European Union countries moved to broaden an arms sale embargo against their easternmost ally.WorldOct 15, 2019
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Trump defends pulling troops from northern Syria, says he is an ‘island of one’Trump remained steadfast and defended a move that drew widespread bipartisan criticism that he has endangered stability in the Middle East and risked the lives of Syrian Kurdish allies who helped the U.S. bring down the Islamic State group in Syria.WorldOct 13, 2019
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Kurds in Syria eye Assad for protection after Trump orders troops to withdrawA return by Assad’s forces to the region where Syrian Kurds have built up autonomy in the north would be a major shift in Syria’s long-running civil war.WorldOct 13, 2019
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‘Stupid endless wars’: Trump defends decision to pull U.S. troops from SyriaTurkey launched its offensive Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in Syria, who have helped the U.S. against the Islamic State.WorldOct 9, 2019
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Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies, pull U.S. troops from SyriaTrump declared U.S. troops would step aside for an expected Turkish attack on the Kurds, who have fought alongside Americans for years, but he then threatened to destroy the Turks’ economy if they went too far.WorldOct 8, 2019
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Trump sends out conflicting signals on Syria, threatens to ‘totally destroy and obliterate’ Turkey’s economyTrump insists that he was elected to wind down U.S. military operations overseas and the moves could always be reversed.WorldOct 7, 2019
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Canadian forces in Iraq planning for impact of U.S. withdrawal from Syria: commanderMaj.-Gen. Peter Dawe said the planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria has not yet had any material impact on his soldiers' mission against the Islamic State, which is up for renewal at the end of March.CanadaFeb 23, 2019
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U.S.-backed fighters close in on last Islamic State enclave in eastern SyriaThe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they have cornered the remaining Islamic militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border, under fire from all sides.WorldFeb 16, 2019
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Trump pays tribute to Americans killed in Syria attack claimed by ISISThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack in the northern Syrian town of ManbijWorldJan 19, 2019
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