Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:21 AFP — A senior US administration official insisted Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pullout from Syria will not change his hard line on Iran, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:02 AFP — The UN Security Council warned in a unanimously adopted statement Wednesday of a risk of "dispersion" of jihadist prisoners in Syria, but stopped short of calling for a halt to Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces there.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 17:01 AFP — Hundreds of Syrian Kurds entered neighbouring Iraqi's Kurdish autonomous region on Wednesday, fleeing a Turkish invasion, an official said.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:59 AFP — Syrian regime troops and Russian soldiers on Wednesday entered the key border town of Kobane, following a deal struck with Kurdish authorities amid a deadly Turkish offensive, a war monitor said.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:55 AFP — President Donald Trump defended his actions in Syria Wednesday as "strategically brilliant," disparaging the Kurdish allies he abandoned in the face of a Turkish offensive as "not angels."
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:55 AFP — Two Belgian jihadists have escaped from detention in northeastern Syria since Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish forces in the region, the head of the national anti-terrorist agency said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:11 AFP — Two Belgian jihadists have escaped from detention in northeast Syria since Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish forces in the region, the head of the national anti-terrorist agency said Wednesday.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 16:09 AFP — Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 14:54 AFP — A week-old Turkish invasion of northeast Syria combined with a US withdrawal have redrawn the lines and left Russian-backed Syrian regime troops and Ankara's forces standing face-to-face.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019 , 14:49 AFP — President Donald Trump disparaged the Kurds on Wednesday, saying the US allies in the war against Islamic State in Syria "are not angels."
