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More than 2,300 cross into Iraq to flee Syria fighting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 09:28 PM

The UN currently estimates that around 166,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since Turkey launched its offensive in northeastern Syria on October 9. Read more »

Turkey suspends Syria offensive

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 05:14 AM

Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone away from the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials said on Thursday. Read more »

US demands Syria ceasefire but Turkey defiant

Shaun Tandon and Nazeer al-Khatib, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 08:18 PM

Days after US troops abruptly began withdrawing, Turkish soldiers and their Syrian rebel proxies gained ground in Ras al-Ain, a key border town where Kurdish fighters had been putting up stiff resistance, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Read more »

Trump warned Erdogan in letter: 'Don't be a fool'

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 17 08:15 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a letter about Turkey's incursion into Syria, "Don't be a tough guy" and "Don't be a fool!" Read more »

Trump, Pelosi clash in heated White House meeting on Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 17 07:35 AM

Top congressional Democrats walked out of a fractious White House meeting on Syria policy Wednesday when US President Donald Trump attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a "third-rate politician." Read more »

Turkey could be 'responsible' for executions of Kurds in Syria: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 07:57 PM

The UN warned Tuesday that reported summary executions of civilians in northeastern Syria carried out by pro-Turkish fighters could amount to a "war crime" and that Ankara could be "deemed responsible." Read more »

Scrambling to limit damage, Trump tells Turkey to stop its Syria invasion

Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 07:23 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticized decision to clear U.S. troops from Turkey's path. Read more »

Trump authorizes sanctions, slaps steel tariffs on Turkey

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 06:50 AM

US President Donald Trump on Monday authorized sanctions on Turkey's leaders, reimposed steel tariffs and ended trade negotiations to protest Ankara's offensive into Syria.  Read more »

France's Macron warns Trump of need to prevent IS resurgence

Agence France-Presse 
Posted at Oct 15 06:42 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron made clear to Donald Trump on Monday "the absolute necessity to prevent a re-emergence" of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, after the US pulled its troops out of northern Syria.    Read more »

Syria regime forces move towards Turkish border

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 04:59 PM

TALL TAMR - Syrian regime forces moved towards the Turkish border Monday after Damascus reached a deal with beleaguered Kurdish forces following a US withdrawal announcement, AFP correspondents reported. Read more »

US to pull last troops from north Syria; Syrian army to redeploy on border

Idrees Ali and Tom Perry, Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 01:34 PM

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT - The United States said on Sunday it will withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from northern Syria in the face of an expanding Turkish offensive while Syria's army struck a deal with Kurdish forces to redeploy along its border with Turkey, both major victories for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Read more »

Kurdish forces: Not enough guards at Syria camp holding Islamic State families

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 06:28 PM

Kurdish-led security forces do not have enough guards for the Ain Issa camp that holds families of Islamic State militants and dozens of them have escaped since Turkish shelling struck the area, an official with the Syrian Democratic Forces said. Read more »

Over 130,000 people displaced by fighting in northeastern Syria -UN

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 05:07 PM

More than 130,000 people have been displaced from rural areas around the northeast Syrian border towns of Tel Abyad and Ras al Ain as a result of fighting between Turkish-led forces and Kurdish militia, the United Nations said on Sunday. Read more »

Syria Kurds urge US to assume ‘moral obligations,’ as Turkey attacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 12:18 AM

"Our allies had guaranteed us protection ... but suddenly and without warning, they abandoned us in an unjust decision to withdraw their troops from the Turkish border," the Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement. Read more »

Turkish forces intensify bombardment in Syria

Daren Butler, Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 05:32 PM

Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after US troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. Read more »

Islamic State women attack security at Syria camp: Kurdish official

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 04:41 AM

Women affiliated with Islamic State attacked security offices with sticks and stones on Friday during unrest at a camp where they were held by Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria, the region where Turkey has launched attacks, a Syrian Kurdish official said. Read more »

Thousands flee, hundreds reported dead in Turkish attack on US-allied Kurds in Syria

Daren Butler and Orhan Coskun, Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 01:12 PM

ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on U.S. allies that has turned the Washington establishment against President Donald Trump. Read more »

Turkey arrests online critics of Syria operation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 11:15 PM

Turkish police arrested more than 20 people on charges of "terrorist propaganda" on Thursday over their criticism of a military offensive launched against Kurdish forces in Syria. Read more »

Turkey faces US 'sanctions from hell' after Syria Kurd assault

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 10 11:39 AM

Turkey on Wednesday faced the threat of US "sanctions from hell" as its assault on Syrian Kurdish forces set off a crisis with its NATO ally, although it might still be able to count on a sympathetic Donald Trump. Read more »

Trump: Syrian Kurds 'didn't help us in Normandy'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 05:38 PM

WASHINGTON - Syrian Kurds facing a Turkish military operation did not "help us in Normandy," US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, defending his widely-criticized decision to clear the way for the assault. Read more »