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Kurdish official: Syria’s ‘safe zone’ off to a good start
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Kurdish official: Syria’s ‘safe zone’ off to a good start

DARBASIYAH, Syria (AP) — The creation of a so-called “safe zone” in northeastern Syria has gotten off to good start,…
Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports
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Russia says US strikes in Syria’s Idlib put ceasefire at risk: reports

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military said the United States had mounted air strikes in Syria’s Idlib without forewarning Moscow or…
Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called
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Air strikes halt in Syria’s Idlib after truce called

Air strikes on Syria’s northwestern Idlib region stopped on Saturday, a war monitor said, after the government agreed to a…
US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean
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US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean

The United States on Friday blacklisted the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya following repeated warnings over its valuable oil cargo.…
Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
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Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kurdish YPG militia will pull forces and heavy weapons from a strip along Syria’s border with…
Turkish lira slides on trade war unease, hit by ‘flash crash’
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Turkish lira slides on trade war unease, hit by ‘flash crash’

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish lira weakened more than 1% against the dollar on Monday, after briefly tumbling to 6.47…
Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years
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Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops on Friday reclaimed a cluster of towns they had lost early in the eight-year-old war,…
Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
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Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria…
Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey: ship-tracking data
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Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey: ship-tracking data

ATHENS (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran has switched destination and…
Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor
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Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor

Syrian government forces surrounded a Turkish military observation post in the northwest on Friday after overrunning neighbouring towns, upping the…
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