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The fight between Turkey and the Kurds has been going on since World War 1, and this time it can affect the entire region....
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The offensive has also seen the SDF a multi-ethnic group but dominated by the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) , receive support from US...
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The IS first used a vehicle bomb to get in to the al-Tanf base used by U.S. special forces to train Syrian rebels. The...
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The advances will help prevent IS fighters from regrouping near Damascus and the Jordanian border as they face defeats in the city of Raqqa....
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Raqqa, on the Euphrates is the Islamic State’s main urban base left in Syria but is under siege by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces...
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Jihan Ahmed, the SDF spokesperson said that its forces were fighting the Islamic State (IS) at the entrance to the dam. The Tabqa dam...
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Speaking in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, Carter said: “I can tell you today that the United States will deploy approximately 200 additional US...
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Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, said that Turkey could join the U.S.-led operation but only if Kurdish fighters were not involved. Turkey considers the Kurdish...
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The IS forces retook nearby villages that had been captured by the Kurdish YPG. Two villages were retaken and there were claims that there...
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Unlike the U.S. who considers the Kurds prime allies against the Islamic State in northern Syria and in Iraq as well, Turkey is concerned...