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In America's hidden war in Syria, troops face peril on many fronts - Middle East - Stripes
Stripes - 2018-12-16 02:06Trump speaks to Turkish President Erdogan to avert Syria crises
Jerusalem Post - 2018-12-15 19:05US policy in Eastern Syria is being challenged by Turkey as Ankara claims ISIS is no longer a threat and accuses Washington of shielding Kurdish groups it accuses of terrorism. ...
Trump Speaks With Erdogan as U.S.-Turkish Tensions Climb
The Wall Street Journal - 2018-12-15 18:41The Trump administration is working furiously to avert a new Turkish military offensive against the U.S.’s Kurdish partners in Syria, hoping to forestall an assault that could endanger U.S. forces working in the country. ...
War against ISIS and Syrian Kurds' aspirations could spark another civil war - Syria - Haaretz.com
Haaretz - 2018-12-15 13:58TEV-DEM calls for resistance against Turkey’s invasion attacks
TEV-DEM: We are calling the peoples of Northern Syria and the peoples of Syria, Iraq and the Middle East as well as all of humanity to stand up against the invading Turkish state attacks. ...
Joint decisions by parties in Northern and Eastern Syria
13 political parties have come to joint decisions against the Turkish state threats of invasion and said, “All political parties will put forth a clear stand against the current situation and call on peoples and faiths to resist attacks.” ...
Bombing a refugee camp with jets
Following the invasion threats against Northern and Eastern Syria, the Makhmur Refugee Camp and Shengal were attacked with fighter jets. ...
Afrin offensive: Turkey warns Syria against helping Kurds - BBC News
BBC - 2018-12-15 08:49Turkey strikes positions held by US-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria
Militarytimes - 2018-12-15 08:49Trump administration tries to head off Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria
Washington Post - 2018-12-15 06:45The president and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Friday. ...
U.S. Wins One Major Battle In Syria, But Prepares for Another as Donald Trump Tells Turkey to Back Off
As U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds won a critical battle against ISIS in Syria, President Donald Trump reportedly warned his Turkish counterpart not to attack them. ...
Syria: NGO, Kurdish forces take ISIS stronghold - General news - ANSAMed.it
Ansamed - 2018-12-15 01:16Security Council, Adopting Resolution 2449 (2018), Authorizes One-Year Extension of Cross-Border Aid Deliveries Targeting 13 Million in Syria - Syrian Arab Republic | ReliefWeb
Reliefweb - 2018-12-15 01:00
U.S.-Backed Militia Takes Largest Remaining Town Held By ISIS In Syria | Daily Wire
Dailywire - 2018-12-14 23:55APPEAL: Don’t let the Syrian Kurds, who defeated the Islamic State along with their allies, get butchered by Turkey!
Turkish president Erdoğan announced that in a few days he will invade the rest of the predominantly Kurdish region in northern Syria. After unjustly occupying the region between Jarabulus and Azaz in 2016, followed by Afrin at the beginning of this year, ...
Agreement Between Kurds and Assad Could Spell End for US in Syria
Mintpressnews - 2018-12-14 22:55Up to 186 Kurdish students kidnapped by Isis in northern Syria | World news | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2018-12-14 20:50
New PYD curricula in northern Syria reveal ideological, linguistic fault lines - Syria Direct
Syriadirect - 2018-12-14 20:50
Syria's first Kurdish university attracts controversy as well as students
Al Monitor - 2018-12-14 20:50
Hope and fear for Syria's Kurds
Al Monitor - 2018-12-14 20:50Turkey to enter Syria’s Manbij if Kurdish militias fail to leave area, Erdogan warns
On December 12, the Turkish leader said that Ankara was ready to begin an offensive against Kurdish units east of the Euphrates River in Syria ...
Kurdish Doctors Report Suspected Turkish Gas Attack in Syria
Voanews - 2018-12-14 19:59
Car bomb in Syria’s Qamishli kills five people - state media - Al Arabiya English
Alarabiya - 2018-12-14 19:59
Turkish Foreign Minister Warns Syria About Military Intervention
Voanews - 2018-12-14 19:59Unprecedented situation in Syria - Al Arabiya English
Alarabiya - 2018-12-14 19:58
British woman killed fighting in Syria's Afrin | News24
News24 - 2018-12-14 19:58
US-Turkey agree ‘roadmap’ on Kurd-held Manbij in Syria - Al Arabiya English
Alarabiya - 2018-12-14 19:58Erdogan, Trump agree to enhance coordination in Syria
The presidents spoke as Erdogan beats war drums ...
With Turkish military invasion, the Americans are once again trapped in Syria - Middle East News - Haaretz.com
Haaretz - 2018-12-14 19:50
The Mobile Book Fair in Syria’s al-Hasakah Governorate, Is It Ideology or Cultural Diversity?
Enabbaladi - 2018-12-14 19:1213. December 2018 – North-eastern Syria: Prevent Turkey's new war against Kurds!
The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) - 2018-12-14 18:32
The U.S. Veteran and Wisconsin Boy Who Went to Fight ISIS in Syria
Thedailybeast - 2018-12-14 18:32Kurdish child soldiers battle ISIL in Syria | Syria News | Al Jazeera
Aljazeera - 2018-12-14 18:32
Why Syria's Kurds want federalism, and who opposes it | News | Al Jazeera
Aljazeera - 2018-12-14 18:32
The forgotten child soldiers recruited by Kurdish militants in Turkey and Syria | Middle East Eye
Middleeasteye - 2018-12-14 18:32
Children are Fighting on All Sides of Syria’s War — Syria Deeply
Newsdeeply - 2018-12-14 18:32Turkey's battles in Syria, Iraq - CNN
CNN - 2018-12-14 18:32The Pomegranate Tree by Vanessa Altin – a child's-eye view of war-torn Syria | Books | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2018-12-14 18:32
Four approaches on the political and ideological map of conflicts are shaping the future of education in Syria
Enabbaladi - 2018-12-14 18:32
America’s Dirty Secret in Syria: A De Facto Alliance With Assad
Thedailybeast - 2018-12-14 18:25
Turkey is in Syria and Iraq to stay
Alaraby - 2018-12-14 18:25Turkey’s Erdogan vows to ‘bring peace’ to east of Syria’s Euphrates River
ISTANBUL,— Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey was determined to bring peace to areas east of the Euphrates controlled by a Kurdish militia after he warned this week of a new operation in Syria. “We are determined to bring peace ...
Isis withdraws from last urban stronghold in Syria | World news | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2018-12-14 16:43
Syria war: Turkish-led forces oust Kurdish fighters from heart of Afrin - BBC News
BBC - 2018-12-14 16:14U.S. envoy's visit sparked Turkish threats to invade Syria - Analysis | Ahval
Ahvalnews - 2018-12-14 15:18Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by IS
U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after days of intense battles in the militants' single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists said. ...
Yûsif: Turkey wants to expand the life of the Syrian crisis
Foza Yûsif, co-chair of the Executive Council of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, remarked that forces such as Turkey, Iran and Syria are not in favour of a democratic solution and insist on carrying out massacres. ...
Syrian Kurds say fight against Islamic State threatened by Turkey
BEIRUT,— The main Syrian Kurdish-led militia warned on Thursday that threats by Turkey’s president to launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria will negatively impact their fight against the Islamic State group. Nuri M ...
Syrian Kurdish-led forces take the last Islamic State-held town of Hajin
BEIRUT,— U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after days of intense battles in the militants’ single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists said. The fall of Hajin is a blow to the ext ...
SDF Declares Full Victory over IS in Syria's Hajin: Monitor
BAS News - 2018-12-14 10:39ERBIL - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared on Friday morning the full victory over the Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian town of Hajin in eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, a monitor said. "After a week of heavy fighting and air strikes ...
US-backed Syria Kurds say fight against Islamic State threatened by Turkey
Militarytimes - 2018-12-14 06:54
Christian leader says Turkish threats to invade Syria danger to Christians as well
Kurdistan24 - 2018-12-14 06:41
Turkish soldier killed in clashes with Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin
France24 - 2018-12-14 01:07
WATCH: IS bomb explodes near Kurdistan 24 team, SDF fighters in Syria
Kurdistan24 - 2018-12-14 00:26
Kurdish-led forces close to re-capturing key IS-held town in eastern Syria - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Xinhuanet - 2018-12-13 22:46People of Serêkaniyê: We are ready to counter any attack
The people living in Serêkaniyê marched against the new threat issued by Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan who said he would occupy Northern Syria. ...
Turkey Threatens Offensive Against U.S.-Backed Kurds in Syria | Democracy Now!
Democracynow - 2018-12-13 20:31Turkish Writer Reveals Turkey's Aim in Attacking Syrian Kurds
BAS News - 2018-12-13 19:50ERBIL - Turkey's goal in its possible upcoming military operation against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in eastern Syria is to cut the geographic relations among the Kurdish cantons in Kobane city and al-Jazirah region, a Turkish off ...
US voices 'grave concern' over Turkey's planned Syria operation
Gulan Media - 2018-12-13 19:43Syria: TV, Kurdish forces free civilians from ISIS - Syria - ANSAMed.it
Ansamed - 2018-12-13 19:38Turkish soldier killed north of Aleppo, Syria
Turkey blamed YPG, but Syria media reports Syria-Turkish clash ...
Syrian Kurdish force: Turkey attack would impact war on IS
The main Syrian Kurdish-led militia warned on Thursday that threats by Turkey's president to launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria will negatively impact their fight against the Islamic State group. ...
Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria - ABC News
GO - 2018-12-13 18:02Turkey Will Target U.S.-Backed Syrian Kurds Within Days
The Wall Street Journal - 2018-12-13 17:52Turkey is set to launch a military intervention in northeastern Syria to combat U.S.-backed Kurdish rebels it regards as terrorists, drawing a stern warning from the Pentagon and signaling new tension between the two North Atlantic Treaty Organization all ...
People of Qamishlo and Gire Spi rally against occupation
People of Qamishlo and Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) are protesting Erdoğan’s threats against Northern Syria. ...
Northern Syrian political parties: We won’t allow an invasion
Political parties protested Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats against Northern Syria, calling on the people for support and stating that they won’t abandon their lands. ...
Turkish army bombs villages of Afrin - UPDATED
The Turkish state continues its attacks against Northern Syria. ...
A Post-War Syria? | Human Rights Watch
HRW - 2018-12-13 11:32
TASS: Press Review - Press review: Will Turkey, US clash in Syria and Theresa May survives no confidence vote
TASS - 2018-12-13 11:17Autonomous Administration spoke out against Erdoğan’s threats
“The Turkish state clearly views the social solidarity in Syria and the common life among Syrian peoples in Northern and Eastern Syria as a threat to its own interests and that’s why it wants to strike.” ...
Trump signs Iraq and Syria genocide bill
Kurdistan24 - 2018-12-13 10:15SDF Liberates 50% of Hajin in Syria
BAS News - 2018-12-13 09:27ERBIL — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has so far liberated 50% of Hajin town, one of the last Islamic State (IS) pockets in eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor. A military source confirmed the report and stated that the US-backed forc ...
Turkey to focus on eastern bank of Euphrates in Syria | Arab News
Arabnews - 2018-12-13 09:13US Warns Turkey not to Attack Syrian Kurds
BAS News - 2018-12-13 08:44ERBIL — The United States has warned Turkey to avoid another military incursion into the Syrian Kurdistan to attack Washington allies. "Unilateral military action into northeast Syria by any party, particularly as US personnel may be present or in the vi ...
Turkey says it will launch new Syria offensive within days
WJHL - 2018-12-13 08:01
Syrian Civil War: Pentagon cautions Turkey over new operation against Syria Kurds - The Economic Times
Indiatimes - 2018-12-13 07:36Turkey vows military operation against US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria
Militarytimes - 2018-12-13 06:45
Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria | Idaho Statesman
Idahostatesman - 2018-12-13 06:45
Turkey to take on Kurdish forces in Syria | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
Dailystar - 2018-12-13 03:04Syria war: 'Seven mass graves found' in former IS stronghold
Syria state media says hundreds of bodies "subjected to torture" were found in a former IS area. ...
U.S. Bishops Applaud 'Genocide Relief' Act for Iraq and Syria
Breitbart - 2018-12-13 01:31Turkey primed to start offensive against US-backed Kurds in Syria | World news | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2018-12-13 01:24Turkey vows to take on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria
Turkey will launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria "within a few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, a move likely to further strain ties between NATO allies Turkey and the United States. ...
Turkey to rename US embassy street after Syria operation – Middle East Monitor
Middleeastmonitor - 2018-12-13 00:05Activists claim about 560,000 killed in Syria since 2011 - The National
Thenational - 2018-12-12 23:46Task Force Commander: ISIS Forces Degraded From Caliphate to Caves
At one time, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria controlled a self-proclaimed caliphate that stretched from Syria to Iraq, but now that force in Iraq has been degraded so much that the remnants are hiding in caves, deep wadis and tunnels in the desert and ...
Turkey threatens new offensive on US-backed Kurdish groups in Syria - The National
Thenational - 2018-12-12 22:42Thousands flee bombs and hunger in eastern Syria
Rûdaw - 2018-12-12 18:36“The bombardment was so scary and our bellies were crying” ...
Turkey says to launch new operation against Syria Kurd militia within days
“The target is never American soldiers” ...
Syria unearths 100s of tortured remains from ISIS mass grave in Deir ez-Zor
Seven mass graves were discovered near al-Boukamal ...
Erdogan announces new operation against YPG in Syria ‘within days’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he will launch a new operation in Syria within days against the YPG risking renewed tensions with the US The post Erdogan announces new operation against YPG in Syria ‘within days’ appeared first on The Defen ...
Iraqi planes strike IS bases, 44 fighters in Syria: Military
Kurdistan24 - 2018-12-12 16:40
A Post-War Syria? - FPIF
FPIF - 2018-12-12 15:04Erdogan signals for new invasion in Northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of a date for a new invasion operation targeting Kurds in Rojava. ...
Turkey plans new military operation in Syria in a 'few days': Erdogan | Reuters
Reuters - 2018-12-12 13:10
Turkey to start operation against Kurdish forces in Syria in 'next few days' | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
Dailystar - 2018-12-12 12:56
Washington says observation posts in place on Syria-Turkey border | Arab News
Arabnews - 2018-12-12 12:21
Turkey to start operations in Kurdish controlled Syria, Erdogan says - Syria - Haaretz.com
Haaretz - 2018-12-12 12:21
