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Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death over IS ties
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Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death over IS ties

A court in Iraq sentenced 16 Turkish women to death on Sunday after they were found guilty of belonging to…
Rights group: Turkey not avoiding civilians in Syria strikes
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Rights group: Turkey not avoiding civilians in Syria strikes

Human Rights Watch is criticizing the way Turkey is conducting its offensive in northern Syria, saying it has failed to…
Iraqi Kurds carried out mass executions of alleged ‘Islamic State’ fighters, HRW says
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Iraqi Kurds carried out mass executions of alleged ‘Islamic State’ fighters, HRW says

New evidence suggests Kurdish security forces carried out mass executions of suspected “Islamic State” (IS) fighters in northern Iraq in…
Syrian Kurdish forces capture two British ‘IS’ militants: US officials
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Syrian Kurdish forces capture two British ‘IS’ militants: US officials

The militants are infamous for their role in the torture and killing of Western hostages. The two were part of…
Turkey calls French warning about Syria an ‘insult’
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Turkey calls French warning about Syria an ‘insult’

Turkey has fired back after France’s president warned it against invading a Kurdish enclave in Syria, calling his remarks an…
Syria’s Kurds push US to stop Turkish assault on key enclave
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Syria’s Kurds push US to stop Turkish assault on key enclave

Syria’s Kurdish militia is growing frustrated with its patron, the United States, and is pressing it to do more to…
Afrin: Kurdish forces call on Damascus in fight against Turkey
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Afrin: Kurdish forces call on Damascus in fight against Turkey

Kurdish forces in Afrin have called for Syrian military support in their fight against Turkish-backed rebels. Any intervention from Damascus…
Turkey vows to widen offensive against Syrian Kurds
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Turkey vows to widen offensive against Syrian Kurds

Turkey’s president on Wednesday vowed to expand Ankara’s operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria beyond the enclave of Afrin…
Turkey disputes White House readout of Trump-Erdogan call
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Turkey disputes White House readout of Trump-Erdogan call

Turkish officials are disputing a White House readout of US President Donald Trump’s phone call with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Donald Trump warns Turkey over Syria incursion: White House
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Donald Trump warns Turkey over Syria incursion: White House

The US president has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to rein in the offensive in Syria’s Kurdish enclave…
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