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Erdogan continues the airstrikes and wants to launch a new ground operatio
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by the official Anadolu news agency as saying that "so far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralized in the operation", while the Kurdish YPG which strongly denies any involvement in the Istanbul bombing says that 30 civi
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Syrian president accuses Turkey of aggression as Iran attempts to ease ten
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], July 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday accused the Turkish leadership of committing aggression against Syria, even as Turkey is planning a new offensive in northern Syria.
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Bus attack kills 13 in northern Syria: military statement
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Eleven soldiers and two civilians were killed in a bus attack in northern Syria on Monday, according to a Syrian military statement.
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Turkey to address security concerns in Syria with new operation: President
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], June 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey will address its security concerns in northern Syria with a new cross-border operation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday.
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At UN, India says role of 'external actors' worsening situation in Syria
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 3 (ANI): Expressing concern over the increasing hostilities in Syria, India on Friday said threats of launching "military operations" by external actors worsened the situation in the war-torn country.
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Turkey "neutralizes" 12 Kurdish militants in N. Syria
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey said on Monday it had "neutralized" 12 members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, as tension escalates between the two sides after the killing of a Turkish soldier.
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Turkey kills 1 PKK, 4 YPG members
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish security forces killed four members of Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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US military base in northern Syria comes under mortar fire: Reports
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A US military base in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah has come under mortar fire, the Syrian state television reported.
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Turkey shells two localities in Northern Syria
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Turkish army fired missiles and rockets on the villages of Ain Digna and Bailunia in the north of the Aleppo Province in Syria, according to media reports.
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Turkey deploys troops on Syrian border to launch offensive against Kurds:
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has deployed hundreds of soldiers in northern Syria to launch an offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces, Turkish officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
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1 Turkish officer dead, 3 wounded in shelling in Northern Syria
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): One Turkish police officer was killed and three others sustained injuries in rocket fire from Kurdish militants in the north of Syria, the Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
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Turkish forces kill 8 YPG members in northern Syria
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], March 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish forces killed eight members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria after they opened fire on Turkey's troops in the region, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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