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Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?
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Syria: Are water supplies being weaponized by Turkey?

Around one million people in the Kurdish-governed region of Al-Hasakah in Syria’s northeast have again had their water supply cut…
Syria says US oil firm signed deal with Kurdish-led rebels
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Syria says US oil firm signed deal with Kurdish-led rebels

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that an American oil company had signed an agreement with Kurdish-led…
Activists say IS prison riots break out again in Syria
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Activists say IS prison riots break out again in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Imprisoned Islamic State militants rioted again on Monday at a jail in northeastern Syria, hours after the…
Kurdish forces end riots by IS prisoners in Syria: Spokesperson
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Kurdish forces end riots by IS prisoners in Syria: Spokesperson

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led forces in Syria put down riots by Islamic State militants in a prison in the country’s…
Syria: US troops open fire on locals in northeast, killing 1
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Syria: US troops open fire on locals in northeast, killing 1

DAMASCUS (AP) — A Syrian was killed and another was wounded in a rare clash Wednesday between American troops and…
Turkey ‘coordinated’ with IS: SDF commander
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Turkey ‘coordinated’ with IS: SDF commander

Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said his alliance anticipated a direct Turkish intervention…
Turkey not ‘blackmailing’ NATO over Baltics defense plan: security source
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Turkey not ‘blackmailing’ NATO over Baltics defense plan: security source

ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey is not blackmailing NATO with its rejection of a defense plan for the Baltics and Poland,…
Kurdish forces start Syria-Turkey border pullback
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Kurdish forces start Syria-Turkey border pullback

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the long border with Turkey Thursday, complying with a deal that…
Calm reigns in northeast Syria as fragile US-Turkey ceasefire holds
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Calm reigns in northeast Syria as fragile US-Turkey ceasefire holds

ANKARA (Reuters) – A fragile ceasefire was holding along Turkey’s border with Syria on Saturday, two days after President Tayyip…
Iraq will only repatriate IS fighters who are Iraqis: FM
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Iraq will only repatriate IS fighters who are Iraqis: FM

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq will only take back its own citizens and their families who fought with the Islamic State…
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