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Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
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Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce

BEIRUT (AP) — It only took a few days for al-Qaeda-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and…
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF
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ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF

QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – ISIS fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives…
Mosul citizens fear losing Maslawi dialect
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Mosul citizens fear losing Maslawi dialect

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For centuries, residents of Mosul have spoken a unique form of Arabic enriched by the Iraqi…
Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats
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Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has revoked special visas for European Union diplomats and officials traveling regularly between…
Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij: Erdogan
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Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij: Erdogan

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an…
Fate of ISIS fighters captured in Syria?
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Fate of ISIS fighters captured in Syria?

WASHINGTON (AP) — What to do with hundreds of foreign ISIS fighters captured in Syria has become a critical and…
Erdogan rebukes Bolton over Kurdish militia comments
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Erdogan rebukes Bolton over Kurdish militia comments

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan rebuked Washington’s national security adviser on Tuesday for demanding that Turkey does not harm…
Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf about to be engulfed
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Turkey’s 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf about to be engulfed

From the ancient citadel overlooking the valley, Ridvan Ayhan looks at the Tigris with a furrowed brow. The river that…
US flag flies in Syria’s Manbij despite pullout notice
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US flag flies in Syria’s Manbij despite pullout notice

The Stars and Stripes fluttered above four US armored vehicles driving through drizzle in the Syrian city of Manbij Sunday,…
Trump vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS before leaving Syria
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Trump vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS before leaving Syria

A senior Republican senator said Sunday that President Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job…
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