Northern Syria

• 12 killed, several wounded by car bomb in northern Syria

  A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 12 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey's Defence Ministry said.

  World

  Nov 16, 2019
  
• Trump meets with Turkey’s president at White House amid low-point in relations

  The leaders' scheduled afternoon news conference will give Trump a stage to counter the first public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry.

  World

  Nov 13, 2019
  
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• 4 Syrian troops killed after clash Turkish forces in northeast Syria: reports

  Intense clashes broke out Saturday between Syrian government troops and Turkish-led forces in northeast Syria, the country's state media and an opposition war monitor reported.

  World

  Nov 9, 2019
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• Trump has green-lit a wider mission to secure Syrian oil, raising legal questions

  Under the new plan, troops would protect a large swath of land controlled by Syrian Kurdish fighters.

  Economy

  Nov 5, 2019
• Turkey calls on Russia, U.S. to remove Kurdish fighters from Syrian border areas

  Erdogan says the Kurdish fighters are still present in several areas.

  World

  Nov 5, 2019
• 13 killed by car bomb in Syria-Turkey border town: officials

  Turkey's defence ministry said about 20 others were wounded when the bomb exploded in central Tal Abyad, which was captured last month by Turkey-backed opposition gunmen from Kurdish-led fighters.

  World

  Nov 2, 2019
• Christian fighters to oversee security in northern Syria, Kurdish forces say

  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Saturday that the deployment will take place in villages close to the town of Tal Tamr in the Khabur river region.

  World

  Nov 2, 2019
• Russia, Turkey begin joint patrols in northeast Syria

  The patrols will cover two sections, in the west and east of Turkey’s operation zone in Syria, with a depth of 10 kilometers. Turkish troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters now control the border towns of Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ayn and nearby villages.

  World

  Nov 1, 2019
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• Trump lifts sanctions imposed on Turkey, calls ceasefire a ‘big success’

  "The sanctions will be lifted unless something happens that we are not happy with," Trump said in a special address from the White House.

  World

  Oct 23, 2019
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• Turkey signals it will not resume offensive against Kurds in northeast Syria

  Turkey's defence ministry said the U.S. had announced the Syrian Kurdish fighters had completed their pullout from areas Turkey invaded earlier this month.

  World

  Oct 23, 2019