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Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town
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Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town

  BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian war monitor and Turkish media say Turkey is massing troops near a town in…
Turkey warns US of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria
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Turkey warns US of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria

Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could…
US-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam
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US-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam

A US-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by…
Iraqi Kurds’ destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW
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Iraqi Kurds’ destruction of Arab villages could be war crime: HRW

Iraqi Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in northern Iraq unlawfully destroyed Arab homes in scores of towns and villages in…
Dozens killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast: sources
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Dozens killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast: sources

A local elected official was killed in Turkey's strife-hit southeast on Monday after a weekend of violence that also claimed…
Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw
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Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw

Turkey's military shelled Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria on Saturday and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded that the group…
Turkey warns US, Russia over support for Syrian Kurds
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Turkey warns US, Russia over support for Syrian Kurds

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday warned the United States and Russia against "unacceptable" military and political support for…
Victories over Islamic State give Syria Kurds claim to bigger role
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Victories over Islamic State give Syria Kurds claim to bigger role

With a string of victories over Islamic State, Syria's Kurds are proving themselves an ever more dependable ally in the…
Islamic State battling Kurdish forces in northeast Syria
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Islamic State battling Kurdish forces in northeast Syria

Hundreds of Islamic State fighters have launched an attack on Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria, triggering fierce fighting that has…
Monitor: Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria
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Monitor: Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria

About 95 captives, including Kurdish fighters, escaped from an Islamic State-run prison in northern Syria but most have been recaptured,…
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