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Russian forces deploy on Syrian border as Trump calls Turkish ceasefire ‘permanent’The balance of power in Syria's eight year-long bloody civil war has shifted significantly in dizzying twists and turns since Trump withdrew U.S. special forces on Oct. 6.Oct 23, 2019
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Turkey willing to help Canada repatriate ISIS members held in Syria, official saysA Turkish official told Global News his country was open to working with the RCMP to repatriate Canadian ISIS members.CanadaMay 21, 2019
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‘I’d sworn never to go to Syria’: Stewart Bell on his journey to meet a captured Canadian ISIS fighterWhen the investigative reporter received a tip that U.S.-backed Kurdish forces captured a notorious Canadian ISIS member, he headed to Syria to confirm it himself.CanadaOct 27, 2018
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‘We were cut to pieces’: First eyewitness account of how a Canadian died in SyriaA Canadian resident who fought in Syria says almost nothing that has been said about the death of a Canadian citizen there was true.CanadaAug 21, 2017
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Autopsy report reveals Canadian killed fighting ISIS died from head injury: motherTina Martino says an autopsy report she received last week concluded her 24-year-old son, Nazzareno Tassone, died from a blow to the head, not a gunshot wound as she had previously been told.CanadaJun 6, 2017
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Russia denies it’s planning to open new military bases in SyriaSyrian Kurdish YPG militia said Russian troops had already arrived in the northwestern region of Afrin with troop carriers and armored vehicles.WorldMar 20, 2017
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Mother of Canadian killed fighting ISIS in Syria questions delay in return of son’s bodyThe mother of a Canadian man killed fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria is questioning why her son's body still hasn't been recovered when the remains of a British fighter who died on the same day were on the way to the United Kingdom.Feb 7, 2017
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Canadian killed fighting ISIS in Syria remembered as a ‘hero’An Ontario man who died fighting Islamic State militants in northern Syria was remembered as a hero by members of Canada's Kurdish community who gathered Monday in Ottawa to honour him.CanadaJan 9, 2017
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Negotiations underway to recover body of Canadian man killed fighting ISIS in SyriaNegotiations are underway to recover the body of a Canadian man killed while fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, a leader of Toronto's Kurdish community said Thursday.CanadaJan 5, 2017
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Canadian man killed while fighting ISIS in SyriaAn Ontario family has learned that their 24-year-old son, who they thought was teaching English overseas, has been killed in Syria while fighting against Islamic State militants.CanadaJan 4, 2017
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