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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkey on Thursday of launching a large land offensive targeting three villages in northeast Syria despite a truce, but Russia said a peace plan hammered out this week was going ahead smoothly. CBC | World News
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Trump says Turkey ceasefire in northern Syria permanent, lifts sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s lifting sanctions on Turkey after determining a ceasefire in northern Syria is permanent. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey wants Syrian forces to leave border areas, aide says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Syrian government forces to move out of areas near the Turkish border so it can resettle up to two million refugees there, his spokesperson told The Associated Press on Saturday, adding that Erdogan will raise the issue in talks next week with Syria’s ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey agrees to temporary ceasefire in northern Syria, Pence says
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
Read More »RCMP investigating whether Canadian newlyweds detained in Turkey were radicalized
The RCMP has been combing through the background of two Canadian newlyweds who disappeared while on vacation in Turkey and are suspected of trying to join ISIS. They were picked up by Turkish police after a frantic family request. CBC | World News
Read More »Lindsey Graham Throws His Full Support Behind Donald Trump For Sanctioning Turkey
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria last week ahead of a planned Turkish military invasion of the area came under intense criticism from both sides of the political aisle, especially from top Republican ally Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham, who labeled Trump’s decision a “blunder” and a “disaster in the making” seemingly found a way ...
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 »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 »Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack
The Kurdish-led civilian administration in northeastern Syria issued a “general mobilization” call along the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday as Ankara poised for an imminent invasion of the area in the latest major escalation in the war-ravaged country. CBC | World News
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