Syria

Mar- 2020 -

29 March

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SDF: ISIS detainees escape prison in northeast Syria

The SDF reasserted control over a detention center for ISIS suspects in northeast Syria after detainees tried to break out of the prison

13 March

Staff Writer

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Turkey and Russia agree to start joint patrols in northwest Syria

Turkey and Russia agreed to start joint patrols in Syria's Idlib province at the weekend, Turkey's defense minister Hului Akar said

5 March

Staff Writer

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Syria: Russia and Turkey agree to ceasefire in battered Idlib

Erdogan and Putin announce plans for a joint buffer zone to halt Syria's offensive against Idlib province, ceasefire to begin at midnight

3 March

Joanne Stocker

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Turkey shoots down 3rd Syrian warplane over Idlib, defense ministry says

Turkish fighters shot down a Syrian warplane over the northwest Idlib province, the third such downing in three days

2 March

Staff Writer

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Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks

Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces

Feb- 2020 -

28 February

Joanne Stocker

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NATO urges de-escalation in Syria after airstrike kills dozens of Turkish soldiers in Idlib

NATO called on Syria and Russia to return to a ceasefire in Idlib after an airstrike killed dozens of Turkish soldiers

27 February

Staff Writer

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Airstrike kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria’s Idlib offensive

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in Syria's Idlib province, where Ankara backs rebels against the Assad regime

24 February

Staff Writer

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UN warns of ‘real bloodbath’ as northwest Syria fighting threatens displaced people

Fighting in northwest Syria is coming "dangerously close" to encampments with around a million displaced people, risking an imminent "bloodbath," the UN said

24 February

Staff Writer

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Israel strikes Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza and Syria, killing 2 fighters

Israeli aircraft struck the Islamic Jihad militant group in both the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two fighters after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel

20 February