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Oct- 2019 -9 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey launches start of ‘Operation Peace Spring’ targeting SDF in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of a long-anticipated military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria
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9 OctoberMiddle East
Trump approval for Turkey’s attack on Syria’s Kurds was ‘waiting to happen,’ Western official says
Trump’s approval for Turkey to attack Kurdish-led fighters in Syria vindicated European allies' refusals to send new troops, a diplomat said
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8 OctoberMiddle East
Isolated Manbij faces rival Syrian factions on two fronts
Forces loyal to the Syrian government and Turkey-backed rebels mobilized near Manbij ahead of an expected Turkish incursion into Syria
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7 OctoberMiddle East
SDF unable to secure ISIS prisons in Syria if Turkey attacks
The US decision to clear the way for a Turkish invasion of Syria will jeopardize security at the prisons holding tens of thousands of ISIS suspects
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7 OctoberMiddle East
Trump approves Turkish incursion into northern Syria
US President Donald Trump looks set to allow a Turkish incursion into northeast Syria after announcing that US troops will pull back from the border
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4 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey-backed rebels announce unification under ‘Syrian National Army’
Representatives of various Syrian rebel groups supported by Turkey announced their formal unification as the Syrian National Army
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1 OctoberMiddle East
Erdogan suggests unilateral Turkish military incursion into northern Syria is imminent
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated a military operation against Western-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria was imminent
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Sep- 2019 -24 SeptemberMiddle East
INTERVIEW: Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed on security in North and East Syria
Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, speaks to Jared Szuba about the buffer zone, Turkey, constitutional committee and security in northern Syria
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24 SeptemberMiddle East
US and Turkey conduct second joint ground patrols in northeast Syria
The US and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria on as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone
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23 SeptemberMiddle East
Roadside bomb ‘placed by PKK’ kills 2 Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq by a roadside bomb that Turkey's defense ministry blamed on the PKK
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