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Mar- 2019 -25 MarchCommentary
Challenges after the elimination of ISIS
Although defeated on the battlefield, ISIS will continue to be a threat to stability in northern Syria, SDF commander Mazlum Kobane writes
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23 MarchMiddle East
SDF declares ‘total’ victory over ISIS in Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces has declared victory over Islamic State in Syria, effectively ending the group's control of territory
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22 MarchMiddle East
Last days of the caliphate: Mutlu Civiroglu on Islamic State’s final stand in Syria
Mutlu Civiroglu detailed his experience with the SDF in the last days of ISIS's self-declared caliphate in Syria
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12 MarchMiddle East
Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks
A senior Iraqi Kurdistan PUK Peshmerga official said his party is willing to provide material aid to the YPG in northern Syria if they are attacked by Turkey
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Feb- 2019 -18 FebruaryMiddle East
Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says
Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution
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Jan- 2019 -24 JanuaryMiddle East
SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”
The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent
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16 JanuaryMiddle East
SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees
The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign intervention"
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14 JanuaryMiddle East
US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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11 JanuaryCommentary
The duties of comrades-in-arms
It is the responsibility of the world to repay the Kurdish people and the rest of the peoples of the region for their sacrifice in the fight against ISIS, Polat Can argues
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9 JanuaryMiddle East
YPG and SDF capture 13 ISIS foreign fighters in one week
The YPG said it captured eight foreign ISIS fighters during the battle to recapture the Syrian town of Hajin in the eastern Deir Ezzor province from the group
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