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Turkey and the US began talks to establish a "security zone" in northern Syria aimed at creating a buffer between Kurdish fighters and the Turkish border

6 July

Commentary

ISIS fighters and their families are evacuated from Baghuz, Syria

Opinion Editor

If the world really wants to defeat ISIS, it needs to listen to North East Syria

The organizers of the International Forum on ISIS hope to shed light on the next steps against the resurgent terror group in northeast Syria

2 July

Middle East

SDF General Mazloum Abdi signs plan to end the recruitment of children

Anna Varfolomeeva

SDF signs UN plan to end use of children in Syrian conflict

SDF commander General Mazloum Abdi signed a plan with the UN to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children in the war in Syria

Jun- 2019 -

26 June

Middle East

Turkish troops in Hatay province near the Syrian border

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey soldier killed in clashes with Syrian Kurdish militia

A Turkish soldier was killed and five were wounded in a clash with Syrian Kurdish militia forces, the defense ministry said

23 June

Middle East

Local female Manbij Military Council trainees learn marksmanship training

Jared Szuba

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New Syrian military councils are the SDF’s latest push for decentralization

Military councils in Tal Abyad, Kobane, Tabqa, Raqqa, Qamishli and al-Hol are part of the SDF’s transition to a “new organizational structure” in northeast Syria

Mar- 2019 -

29 March

Middle East