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Are Turkey and Russia at odds in northern Syria?
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Are Turkey and Russia at odds in northern Syria?

Turkey’s incursion into Afrin has raised questions about the prospects for peace in Syria. Kristian Brakel of the Heinrich Böll…
Rocky start for Syria talks in Russia as some delegates refuse to leave airport
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Rocky start for Syria talks in Russia as some delegates refuse to leave airport

A Syrian peace conference in Russia got off to a rocky start on Tuesday after some delegates opposed to President…
Turkey detains 8 medical association members over Syria criticism
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Turkey detains 8 medical association members over Syria criticism

Authorities on Tuesday detained eight members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council who had denounced Ankara’s military operation…
Syrian government says Turkish shelling damaged ancient temple
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Syrian government says Turkish shelling damaged ancient temple

The Syrian government and a war monitor said on Sunday that Turkish shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin region of Syria…
US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey
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US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rejected a Turkish army statement that Islamic State was present in the Afrin region…
Syrian conflict: Where does the Assad regime stand on the Afrin offensive?
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Syrian conflict: Where does the Assad regime stand on the Afrin offensive?

On January 20, the Turkish military began Operation Olive Branch, an intervention into the Afrin region of Syria, located near…
Hundreds of Kurdish, IS fighters killed in Syria’s Afrin: Turkey
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Hundreds of Kurdish, IS fighters killed in Syria’s Afrin: Turkey

Turkey’s military said on Tuesday it has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and “Islamic State” (IS) militants in…
Thousands flee Afrin attack, blocked by government forces: Syrian Observatory
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Thousands flee Afrin attack, blocked by government forces: Syrian Observatory

Thousands of people are fleeing fighting and Turkish shelling and bombardment of the Kurdish Afrin region in northwestern Syria, the…
Turkey clashes with Kurdish militia as US sounds alarm
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Turkey clashes with Kurdish militia as US sounds alarm

The Turkish army was on Tuesday engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militia inside Syria as the United States voiced…
Kurdish-dominated SDF accuses Turkey of backing ‘IS’ with Syria assault
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Kurdish-dominated SDF accuses Turkey of backing ‘IS’ with Syria assault

Turkey is determined to push on with its massive offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…
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