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Syrian Democratic Forces Warn Against New Turkish Attack

The commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday a new offensive threatened by Turkey in northern Syria would create a humanitarian crisis and undermine a campaign against ISIS. SDF general commander Mazloum Abdi called on all sides to "prevent any new tragedies and support de-escalation," Reuters…

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U.S.-backed Syrian force warns against new Turkish attack, Russia alarmed

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday a new offensive threatened by Turkey in northern Syria would create a humanitarian crisis and undermine its campaign against the Islamic State group.

Reuters

Rocket Attack in Opposition-Held Syrian Town Kills at Least 3

A rocket struck a residential area in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding others, opposition activist said. Some activists said that the rocket was fired on Tal Abyad by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a claim that…

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Erdogan Says Turkey to Rid Syria's Tal Rifaat, Manbij of 'Terrorists'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey will rid northern Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbij areas of terrorists, confirming the targets of the new incursion for the first time and saying it will continue into other regions. His comments, in a speech to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party,…

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Turkey says Syria military operation to target Tal Rifaat, Manbij

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says military operation will target two cities controlled by the SDF in northern Syria.

Al Jazeera

Islamic State: how western European states are failing to protect 28,000 children born to foreign fighters

The Irish national and former soldier, Lisa Smith, has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, of joining Islamic State (IS). Smith left Dundalk in 2015, bound for Syria. On her return to Ireland in 2019 she was charged with membership of an unlawful terrorist group and…

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Washington's U.N. envoy visits Syria aid operation as Russia showdown looms

Washington's U.N. envoy visited southern Turkey on Wednesday to assess aid deliveries across the border into Syria as the Biden administration gears up for a likely showdown with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over the operation's renewal.

Reuters

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Turkey: Man arrested after kicking elderly Syrian woman in video

Attack is an example of growing anti-Syrian racism in Turkey, social media users say.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan says Turkey to rid Syria's Tal Rifaat, Manbij of terrorists

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey will rid Syria's Tal Rifaat and Manbij areas of terrorists and its planned military operations will gradually continue in other parts of northern Syria.

Reuters

‘New Method to Read Historic Texts’…New Book by Palestinian Researcher Khaled Hussein Ayoub

Dar Kanaan Publishing, Damascus, released ‘New Method to Read Historic Texts’, a new book by Palestinian researcher Khaled Hussein Ayoub. “The book features historic texts from Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Algeria, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine, dating back to the first millennium BC. It showcases the wrong grammar methods that researchers…

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As the world watches Ukraine, Turkey prepares a military move into Syria

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given strong signals that a fresh cross-border military operation is imminent

The Independent UK

World War 3: Seven times it has been wrongly declared or predicted

Moscow’s remark echo a string of previous sinister predictions

The Independent UK

8th Round of Syrian Constitutional Talks Kick off in Geneva

The eighth round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee meetings, chaired by the United Nations Special Representative for Syria, Geir Pedersen, kicked off on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. The meetings are held in the participation of members of the "Small Group" responsible for the writing of the constitution, consisting of 15…

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Syrian Regime Detains Criminal Involved in Tadamon Massacre

The Syrian regime detained Amjad Youssef, an officer in the Syrian security forces, who massacred dozens of Syrians and raped dozens of women in the Tadamon neighborhood in Damascus, according to a report issued Monday by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. “The Syrian regime is now keeping Youssef in…

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Erdogan Discusses Turkey’s Syria Incursion Plans with Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara’s planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Erdogan’s office said Monday. In recent days Erdogan has said Turkey will launch a cross-border incursion against Kurdish militants in Syria to create a 30-kilometer (19-mile) deep…

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Erdogan discusses Turkey's Syria incursion plans with Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara’s planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia’s Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Ex-Irish soldier guilty of being Isis member

Lisa Smith was earlier found not guilty of a separate charge of funding terrorism

Daily Mirror

ISIS bride Lisa Smith found not guilty of attempting to finance terrorists

Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, 39, accompanied an ex-president on foreign trips before travelling to war-torn Syria in 2015 after becoming radicalised

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Turkey's Erdogam Says Not Waiting Permission to Carry out Syria Operation

Turkey’s president told journalists that Ankara remains committed to rooting out a Syrian Kurdish groups from northern Syria. "Like I always say, we’ll come down on them suddenly one night.

The Independent UK

Erdogan: Turkey's Syria operation could happen 'suddenly'

Turkey’s president says Ankara remains committed to rooting out a Syrian Kurdish militia from northern Syria

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Russia Deploys Jets to US-Held Regions in Syria's East

The Russian military sent fighter helicopters and jets to Qamishli airport in the region east of the Euphrates River in Syria's east, where American forces and their allies, the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), are deployed. The development took place amid reports that Turkey was preparing to launch an offensive…

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4 Albanian Women, 9 Children to Be Repatriated from Syria

Four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians who joined extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, are being repatriated from a Syrian camp, a Kurdish official from northeast Syria said Friday. Abdul-Karim Omar, an official who negotiates with countries on the return of their citizens, tweeted that,…

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The Tinderbox: why I disagree with the view of history in this documentary on the Israel-Palestine conflict

When filmmaker Gillian Moseley, a Jewish Anglo-American, decided to make a documentary examining the question of belonging and home in the Holy Land – the coastal strip that stretches from Syria to Egypt, with Israel in the centre – she believed she understood the roots of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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New ISIS Leader Allegedly Arrested in Istanbul

The new leader of the ISIS terrorist group was allegedly arrested in the Turkish city of Istanbul, media reports said on Thursday. Zeid al-Iraqi, known as Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi, was detained days ago in the city. He assumed the leadership of the terror organization after his predecessor, Abu Ibrahim…

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Syrian Democratic Council Urges Int'l Community to Prevent Turkish Offensive

The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) urged on Thursday member states of the international anti-ISIS coalition to intervene to prevent Turkey's planned offensive on regions in northeastern Syria. It called on the international community and Untied Nations to "seriously deal with the rising threats and to immediately intervene and take…

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