Syria
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Apr- 2018 -3 AprilMiddle East
Trump wants to ‘get out’ of Syria, bring US troops back home
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants American troops to "get out" of Syria, even as some of his top officials stressed the need to stay for the long term.
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3 AprilMiddle East
Kurdish fighters’ withdrawal will not resolve Manbij conundrum, US envoy says
Kurdish fighters' withdrawal east of the Euphrates river in Syria is not going to resolve "incredibly complex" situation in the Manbij area, US-led Coalition Envoy Brett McGurk said.
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3 AprilMiddle East
ISIS mines have killed about 200 civilians returning to Syria’s Raqqa
US-led Coalition Envoy Brett McGurk said improvised explosive devices have killed about 200 civilians returning to the Syrian city of Raqqa upon its liberation from Islamic State.
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3 AprilMiddle East
‘French and US troops are operating on the ground,’ northern Syria official says
US and French troops are on the ground, a northern Syria official said, as the French and US governments offered differing messages about deployments that may deter Turkey
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Mar- 2018 -30 MarchMiddle East
Bomb kills 2 Coalition personnel, injures 5 in Manbij, Syria
A car bomb in the northern Syrian town of Manbij killed two personnel from the U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State and injured five others on Thursday, March 29.
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29 MarchMiddle East
France to send troops to Manbij as Trump says US coming out of Syria “very soon”
France is to "very quickly" send troops to Manbij in northern Syria to block the advance of Turkish forces, French media reported, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be coming out of Syria "very soon"
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29 MarchMiddle East
Turkey threatens to “take initiative” in Manbij ahead of ministerial meeting in Washington
Turkey will not hesitate to act if YPG members do not leave the Syrian town of Manbij, the country's national security council said, ahead of a meeting between Turkish and American ministers
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22 MarchMiddle East
First Syrian rebels leave Eastern Ghouta enclave under Russia-brokered deal
Syrian rebels and their families began leaving the shrinking Eastern Ghouta enclave outside Damascus under an evacuation deal brokered by regime ally Russia
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21 MarchMiddle East
Israel admits 2007 air strike on ‘nuclear reactor’ in Deir Ezzor, Syria
Israel admitted it was responsible for a top-secret 2007 air raid against a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria, a strike the intelligence minister says serves as a warning to Iran
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19 MarchMiddle East
Erdogan says Turkey to expand military operation in Syria to Manbij, Kobane and Qamishli
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to expand Turkey's campaign in Syria to other Kurd-held territory up to the Iraq border, and again threatened a military operation against Sinjar in Iraq
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