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Over 7,100 refugees arrived in Iraq from Syria within seven days, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as Turkish forces targeted Kurdish regions after the U.S. withdrew troops. Interested in Syria? Add Syria as an inte…

BAGHDAD U.S. troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraqs military said Tuesday as American forces continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkeys invasion of the border region. The statement…

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Tuesday denounced Turkey’s leader as a thief for attacking the northeast of his country and reiterated a pledge to retake all areas lost to Damascus in years of civil war, state media reported. Assad ma…

ANKARA (Reuters) - The Kurdish YPG militia is expected to initially withdraw from a 120-kilometre (75 mile) strip of the border with Turkey in northeast Syria as part of an agreement brokered by Washington, a Turkish security source said on Tuesday. The sou…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will press on with its military operation in northeast Syria “with determination” after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire expires later on Tuesday if promises given by Washington have not been kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey sa…

* Turkey has backed anti-Assad rebels in Syrian civil war * Turkish sources cite covert Damascus-Ankara contacts * Say contacts aimed at avoiding risk of military confrontation * Erdogan to meet Putin in Russian resort of Sochi on Tuesday By Orhan Coskun …

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan took full advantage of the fallout from Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from northern Syria in early October. Turkish forces swooped into northern Syria soon after, displacing thousands of Kurds and killing dozen…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech at the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, has said the military offensive in Syria is not a land grab. Erdogan also criticised Turkeys allies for not supporting what he calls a fight against terrorists. Al Jazee…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey would take “necessary” further steps in northeastern Syria after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the day that a five-day Washington-brokered ceasefire expires. …