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Turkey says soldier killed in Syria during Kurdish attack


Sunday, 27 October, 2019 , 09:49 AFP — Kurdish forces fired rockets and mortars at Turkish soldiers, killing one and wounding five in the border region with Syria, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Turkey says coordinated with US on raid believed to have targeted Baghdadi


Sunday, 27 October, 2019 , 09:47 AFP — Turkey on Sunday said there was "coordination" between Ankara and Washington before the operation which US media reports said targeted and killed Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Syria Kurd forces say 'joint intel' with US led to Baghdadi op


Sunday, 27 October, 2019 , 08:28 AFP — Syria's top Kurdish commander on Sunday hailed a "historic operation" and joint intelligence work following US media reports that jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.

15 dead in Syria clashes between pro-Turkish forces, Kurds: monitor


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 20:35 AFP — Clashes in northeast Syria between pro-Ankara fighters backed by the Turkish air force and a Damascus-backed force led by Syrian Kurds left 15 dead on Saturday, a monitor said.

US boosts force in oil-rich east Syria, crosses regime checkpoints


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 19:16 AFP — Washington has started to send reinforcements to oil-rich eastern Syria, a US defence official said Saturday, as a military convoy flying American flags crossed into the war-torn country from Iraq.

Iraq opens 2nd camp to cope with Syrian Kurd influx


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 17:44 AFP — The United Nations on Saturday opened a new section of a camp for the displaced in Iraqi Kurdistan to host refugees fleeing Turkish troops in northeast Syria.

Erdogan says will clear 'terrorists' from Syria border if Sochi deal fails


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 16:07 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.

Erdogan says will clear 'terrorists' from Syria border if Sochi deal fails


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 14:05 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.

Erdogan says will clear 'terrorists' from Syria border if Sochi deal fails


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 13:16 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.

Syria army reaches border area, deploys around Turkish zone


Saturday, 26 October, 2019 , 13:06 AFP — Syrian troops reached a key area near Turkey's border Saturday after sending further reinforcements to the region, in what a war monitor said was its largest deployment there in years.