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Security for Kurds 'essential' for Syria to have secure future: German FM


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 19:23 AFP Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told her Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Friday.

US urges ceasefire around Syrian flashpoint city


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 18:37 AFP A senior US diplomat said Friday that Washington was urging a ceasefire between Turkish-backed forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces around the flashpoint Syrian city of Kobane.

US diplomat urges ceasefire between pro-Turkish fighters and Syrian Kurds around flashpoint city


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 18:29 AFP

US diplomats meet with Syria's new ruler


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 15:10 AFP US diplomats met with Syria's new ruler on Friday, an official told AFP, as outside powers seek assurances the country's Islamist-led authorities will be moderate and inclusive.

Two journalists killed in north Syria by 'Turkish drone'


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 15:06 AFP Two journalists from Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast have been killed, reportedly by a Turkish drone, while covering clashes between an Ankara-backed militia and US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, journalists' groups said Friday.

Kurdish fighters in Syria face dual threats


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 13:05 AFP Kurdish fighters in northern Syria are increasingly under pressure from Turkish-backed armed groups while also fearing the new authorities in Damascus will upend their hard-won autonomy.

Time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria: Erdogan


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 11:44 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, namely the Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters.

Time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria: Erdogan


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 11:26 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, namely the Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters.

World must 're-evaluate' sanctions to help rebuild Syria: UN


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 10:50 AFP The raft of international sanctions on Syria must be reassessed to help the country rebuild following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, the head of the UN's migration agency said Friday.

KILL: Erdogan says time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 10:47 AFP KILL our "Erdogan says time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria" because it was published before the embargo time