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Turkey launches military operation against the Kurds in Syria just days after Trump abandoned them
FILE - In this Wednesday, July 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks with Turke…
John Haltiwanger
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US-backed Kurds release another video of their forces striking a Turkish vehicle
Aaron Stein, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, told Business Insider that Mattis will probab…
Daniel Brown
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Turkey and the Kurds are on the brink of war - and the Pentagon is right in the middle of it
These developments have coincided with Turkey's gradual drift toward Russia. Ankara and Moscow rece…
Daniel Brown
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Look inside the tunnels ISIS uses to launch sneak attacks in Raqqa
ISIS has been known to use such tunnels in Iraq and Syria not only for sneak attacks, which the mil…
Daniel Brown
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Syrian Kurds have been armed with high-tech US weaponry that the Pentagon denies supplying
US officials gave only "ambiguous responses" to Military Times when asked how much equipment was gi…
Daniel Brown
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A British volunteer fighting ISIS in Syria reportedly killed himself to avoid being captured
Lock had reportedly experienced a fair amount of fighting before his death. The Guardian said that …
Daniel Brown
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US allies caught on film torturing prisoners in Syria
Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon told The Daily Beast that, "the Coalition does not cond…
Daniel Brown
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Trump says that the 'tougher and meaner' foreign autocrats are, the 'better I get along with them,' new Woodward tape reveals
The president has frequently generated controversy over his conciliatory, subservient demeanor towa…
John Haltiwanger
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The US is doubling down in Syria - but officials won't say why
While acknowledging that the US-led coalition does not have an official explanation yet, Defense De…
Daniel Brown
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French President Macron dunked on Trump for pulling out of Syria without telling his NATO allies
Trump appears to have a habit of freezing out key players while making major decisions. White House…
Alexandra Ma
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Trump downplayed central role Kurds played in Baghdadi raid after abandoning them in Syria
Turkey views the People's Protection Units (YPG), the dominant militia in the SDF, as a terrorist g…
John Haltiwanger
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Turkey will carry out new military operations against US-backed forces in Syria
But Cavusoglu also said on Sunday that Ankara and Washington have reached an understanding on a roa…
Reuters,Daniel Brown
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Putin and Erdogan agreed a 'historic' to consolidate power in Syria and humble Kurdish forces. Here are the winners and losers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) d…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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US-backed forces just got ISIS to surrender a Syrian city, and it's not the first time it's happened
This is also not the first such capitulation by ISIS fighters. "Partner forces have negotiated limi…
Daniel Brown
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Lindsey Graham got duped by a notorious pair of Russian pranksters pretending to be Turkey's defense minister
"I told President Trump that Obama made a huge mistake in relying on the YPG Kurds," Graham said, r…
Grace Panetta
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Russia and Turkey are threatening the US' new Kurdish-dominated force in Syria
In the last few months, the US has accused Russia of conducting unsafe maneuvers in the skies along…
Daniel Brown
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Trump threatened to 'devastate' Turkey's economy if they strike the US-backed allies who've led the ISIS fight
SDF fighters currently hold hundreds of ISIS prisoners in their custody, a number that continues to…
Caitlin Foster
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Turkey ready to join US in capturing Syrian city from Islamic State
YPG fighters and its allies, with U.S. backing, have seized chunks of territory from the jihadists.…
Daren Butler, Humeyra Pamuk
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The backstory behind those controversial photos of US troops fighting ISIS in Syria
He continued: "They don't prevent me from taking pictures. They don't seem to think that a photogra…
Natasha Bertrand
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There's a 'secondary conflict' brewing in northern Syria that 'could easily spin out of control'
Complicating the situation further is the High Negotiations Committee's (HNC) insistence that it sh…