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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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Syrian Kurdish military seeks help from Israel to act on Turkish aggression
An official in the Syrian Democratic Forces called on Israel today to take action against Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also expressed confidence that the Jewish people would not neglect the
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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BEIRUT/ANKARA: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yesterday said they had withdrawn from the border town of Ras al Ain under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, but a spokesman for Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said the withdrawal was not yet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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Turkey agrees to halt Syrian offensive…for five days
ANKARA: Turkey agreed yesterday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” Ankara had sought to capture, in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and cast by Turkey as
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Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the US still has over NATO-ally Turkey. Using the
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Turkey and Islamic State strike Syrian Kurds
ANKARA/BEIRUT: Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes in northeast Syria yesterday in an offensive against Kurdish militia that has raised the prospect of a humanitarian disaster and questions about US President Donald Trump’s policy in the region. The Kurds,
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Thousands flee, hundreds dead in Turkish attack on US-allied Kurds in Syria
ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day yesterday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on US allies that has turned the Washington
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Trump blames Obama for allying with Syrian Kurds
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump criticised his predecessor, Barack Obama yesterday for what he termed as ‘overt choice’ to partner with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terror group as Turkey begins Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria. “When Obama took
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