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U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said Turkey has agreed to a temporary ceasefire in northern Syria. Pence and a U.S. delegation met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to persuade him to halt an offensive against Kurdish fighters. CBC | World News
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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 »Turkish forces push deeper into northeastern Syria as NATO chief urges restraint
Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of a cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass displacement of civilians and met with widespread criticism from the international community. CBC | World News
Read More »Divided UN fails to agree on Turkey’s offensive in Syria
The divided UN Security Council has failed to agree on Turkey’s offensive in northeast Syria, with Europeans demanding a halt to military action and Syrian ally Russia calling for “restraint” and “direct dialogue” between the two countries. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. pullback in Syria has some questioning Netanyahu’s alliance with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bet on President Donald Trump has yielded major diplomatic gains but the U.S. pullback from Syria is raising worries about that strategy. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey says ground forces are advancing Kurds in northern Syria
Turkish ground forces pressed their advance against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said, launching airstrikes and unleashing artillery shelling on Syrian towns and villages the length of its border. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey holidays: Britons issued travel warning as Turkey bombs Syria – how safe is it?
TURKEY has announced it is attacking Syria as towns on the Turkish border are hit. Turkey is a hugely popular holiday destination for Britons but how safe is Turkey now? This is the latest Foreign Office travel advice. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »Who are the key players in Turkey’s Syria offensive, and what’s at stake?
Turkish forces have begun a military operation in northeast Syria, just days after U.S. troops began vacating the area. Who are the key players in the offensive and what’s at stake? CBC | World News
Read More »‘A bloody conflict’: Trump’s actions in Syria will have long-term consequences
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to remove U.S. troops from northeastern Syria has been swift and deadly, as Turkey has begun its assault on the region and America’s now-former allies, the Syrian Kurds, dig in for what they say will be a bloody conflict on two fronts. CBC | World News
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