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Turkish official: 'We want a ground operation' in Syria
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is asking allies including the United States to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria, as a Moscow-backed government advance nears its borders, raising the...
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The Kurds are carving out a new reality in northern Syria
Amid the chaos in northern Syria in recent months, several themes have emerged.The first is that Islamic State has been spared from intensified Russian airstrikes and advances by pro-regime forces. The...
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Russian advisers in Syria have been drawing up plans to secure Damascus —...
While Russian fighter planes pound rebel positions on the battlefield in Syria, Russian military strategists are playing a far more subtle role in support of President Bashar al-Assad.Several sources -...
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Putin and Russia are denying Turkey's accusation they committed a war crime...
MOSCOW (Reuters) — The Kremlin strongly rejected on Tuesday accusations by Turkey that Russia committed a war crime in Syria after missile attacks killed scores of people a day earlier, hitting several...
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Russia has just deployed its most advanced spy plane to Syria
The Tu-214R is a Russian ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft. In other words, a quite advanced spy plane.As we have already explained here in the past, it is a special mission...
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Syrian President Assad says ceasefire doesn't mean parties 'stop using weapons’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday any ceasefiredid not mean each side had to stop using weapons, and nobody was capable of securing the conditions for one within a week."Regarding a...
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Poland to deploy F-16 combat planes to Syria in reconnaissance role
According to the Polish President and the Polish Minister of Defense, Poland is going deploy a “small number of F-16 fighters” to Syria, in order to “support the observation missions in the region,”...
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The worst of the Syrian refugee crisis is coming for Europe
The Assad regime's Russian-aided military campaign and the onset of spring augur another mass refugee flow into the EU, and the only surefire way to stop it is by addressing the root of the crisis...
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Saudi Arabia's military decisions are puzzling
On February 9, Saudi deputy crown prince and defense minister Muhammad bin Salman visited military units in the southwestern province of Jizan, along the border with Yemen, posing with special forces...
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Syria's ambassador to the UN has accused a world-renowned charity of being a...
The Syrian envoy to the United Nations has accused French charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) of being a front for French intelligence operating in Syria, French newspaper Le Monde reports. Bashar...
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Kurds in northern Syria are facing a huge dilemma that 'will influence...
The rapid advance of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, taking advantage of Russian air strikes to seize territory near the Turkish border, has infuriated Ankara and threatened to drive a...
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Reporter to Obama: Are you being 'outfoxed' by Putin in Syria?
US President Barack Obama was asked during a Tuesday news conference whether he still thought Russia had gotten into a "quagmire" in Syria, in light of Russian-supported regime gains in the...
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23 award-winning photos from 2015 that everyone should see
The winners of the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest were announced Thursday. A total of 41 photographers from 21 countries were ultimately selected for their winning photos out of a total of...
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A cash shortage has forced ISIS to do away with some of the biggest perks it...
Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and...
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Turkey just received a huge 'political gift' — but its opponents are warning...
Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced Thursday that the People's Protections Unit (YPG), a Kurdish militia based in northern Syria, was responsible for Wednesday's bombing in Ankara that...
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View ArticleHere are the countries with the most recruited fighters in Iraq and Syria
Terror groups like ISIS are using social media, religion, money, and violence to recruit thousands of foreigners into their cause.Produced by Lamar SalterFollow BI Video On Twitter Join the...
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Turkey's Erdogan: Syrian Kurds are using US-supplied weapons 'against civilians'
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said U.S.-supplied weapons had been used against civilians by a Syrian Kurdish militia group that Ankara blames for a deadly suicide bombing, and said he would talk to...
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The US just told Russia where some of its troops are in Syria — but there’s a...
The US has given Russia a vague idea of where its special forces are operating in Syria. But that doesn't guarantee there won't be any future conflicts on the country's increasingly messy...
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Saudi foreign minister: Moderate Syrian rebels should be supplied with...
BERLIN (Reuters) -Moderate Syrian rebels should be supplied with surface-to-air missiles to defend against air strikes, Germany weekly Der Spiegel quoted SaudiForeign Minister Adel al-Jubeir as...
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