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Al-Qaeda advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
Middle East
January 30, 2019
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
Middle East
January 29, 2019
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
Middle East
January 28, 2019
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
Middle East
January 22, 2019
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
Middle East
January 21, 2019
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?
Middle East
January 9, 2019
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
Middle East
January 8, 2019
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
Middle East
January 8, 2019
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
Middle East
December 31, 2018
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
Middle East
December 31, 2018
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…