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For Syrian Kurds, a leader’s killing deepens pain of US betrayal
BEIRUT: Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf spent the final months of her life building a political party that she hoped would help shape Syria’s future, drawing the attention of US officials who said it would have a say in what happened
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Russia, Turkey reach deal to eject Kurdish fighters from Syria border
Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey, under a deal agreed yesterday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph. Hours after the deal
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US senators, Kurdish leader call for sanctions on Turkey
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers kept up their push yesterday to impose sanctions on Turkey if it does not end its offensive in northeastern Syria, and a leading Kurdish politician called on President Donald Trump to stop the “ethnic cleansing” of her
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Kurdish-led forces say they have pulled out of Syria border town
BEIRUT/ANKARA: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday said they had withdrawn from the border town of Ras al Ain under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, but a spokesman for Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said the withdrawal was not yet complete. Ras
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Mulvaney: Trump thinks he’s still in hospitality business
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was surprised at the resistance to his now-revoked decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort, his acting chief of staff said yesterday, adding that Trump still considers himself
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Defiant Erdogan plans to expand presence across northeast Syria
ISTANBUL: Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across northeast Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, insisting that a planned “safe zone” will extend much farther than US officials said was covered under a fragile ceasefire deal. Less
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Elijah Cummings: Iconic US congressman and fierce critic of Trump, dies
WASHINGTON: US Representative Elijah Cummings, a civil rights champion who over the last quarter century became one of the most influential Democrats in Congress and a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, passed away yesterday. He
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One person missing in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry: the whistleblower
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump have heard days of testimony from a parade of senior government officials. But they have yet to hear from the whistleblower who sparked the probe – and may never
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US House backs resolution condemning Trump on his Syria move
WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives yesterday voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from northeastern Syria, clearing the way for Turkey’s offensive against US-allied Syrian Kurds. The vote was 354 to 60 for the resolution,
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Pence, Giuliani will not cooperate in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that they will not cooperate with a US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, prompting a leading Democrat to say that would strengthen the case
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