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Turkey’s looming invasion of Syria tests US-Kurdish ties

INTERNATIONAL Turkey’s threatened incursion into northern Syria is testing US efforts to balance between an important counterterrorism partner in the Middle East and a pivotal geopolitical ally in the war in Ukraine. At the heart of the tussle between Ankara and Washington is the United States’ support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),[…]

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Turkey ‘gives Russia time to broker a deal’ on Syria’s Tal Rifaat

INTERNATIONAL Russian officials are trying to convince Damascus and Kurdish fighters to withdraw from the northern Syrian city of Tal Rifaat to prevent a Turkish ground offensive, according to Al Jazeera and al-Araby al-Jadeed. Turkish officials told Al Jazeera that the Russian side is making efforts to meet Turkey’s demands in northern Syria as an alternative to[…]

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Syria: Deadly Turkish air strikes hit several northern border towns

INTERNATIONAL Turkish air strikes hit several towns across northern Syria, including the city of Kobane late Saturday, said Kurdish-led forces there and a Britain-based monitoring group. At least six members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and six pro-government soldiers were killed in the strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.[…]

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Istanbul bombing: Syrians in Turkey fear more animosity after attack

INTERNATIONAL As Istanbul’s central shopping district of Taksim recovers from the weekend attack that killed six people and wounded dozens more, Turkey’s Syrian community finds itself in the spotlight, fearing a backlash. Turkish authorities have arrested Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national the police say confessed to being trained by the armed wing of the Kurdistan[…]

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