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Kurdish fighters and civilians have evacuated a besieged Syrian town on Sunday, the first pullback under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal, opening the way to a broader withdrawal of the Kurdish-led forces from regions along the Turkish border. CBC | World News
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Turkey ‘outsourcing war crimes’ to armed groups, Amnesty says after Kurdish politician’s murder
Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf was killed, and her body mutilated, in the early days of Turkey’s military incursion in northern Syria. A human rights group says her death is an example of war crimes carried out by Turkish-backed Syrian armed groups. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish, Kurdish forces battle for border town in Syria
Turkish artillery are pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near a town in northeast Syria as Turkey’s military incursion enters its seventh day. CBC | World News
Read More »Hundreds of ISIS-affiliated foreigners escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling, Kurdish officials say
Officials with the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said 785 foreigners affiliated with ISIS managed to escape a camp where they were being held following Turkish shelling on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey Reportedly Bombs U.S. Special Forces Amid Chaotic Attack On Kurdish Forces
Turkish troops have dropped bombs on U.S. special forces stationed in Syria in what may be a mistake, a new report claims. The Turkish military has started a military operation against Kurdish troops in northern Syria after Donald Trump announced this week that he would be moving American troops and allowing Turkey to start its long-awaited operation. As Newsweek reported, ...
Read More »Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani resigns after independence vote backfires
Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he will resign as president on Nov. 1, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters suspend hostilities
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to allow for the peaceful deployment of Iraqi troops at the border crossings with the Kurdistan region. CBC | World News
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