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Turkish air strikes hit PKK camps in northern Iraq after Ankara bomb kills 28
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Turkish air strikes hit PKK camps in northern Iraq after Ankara bomb kills 28

Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq overnight, hours after a suicide car bomb attack targeting military buses…
Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools, hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia
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Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools, hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia

Turkey accused Russia on Monday of an "obvious war crime" after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people,…
Russian PM says military won’t stay in Syria forever
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Russian PM says military won’t stay in Syria forever

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview that Moscow does not plan to maintain its military presence in…
Turkey denies soldiers entered Syria, says has no such plans
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Turkey denies soldiers entered Syria, says has no such plans

Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz denied a report that some Turkish soldiers had entered Syria at the weekend and said…
Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw
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Turkey strikes Kurdish militia in Syria, demands it withdraw

Turkey's military shelled Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria on Saturday and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded that the group…
Syrian army edges towards Islamic State bastion, jets hit rebel towns
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Syrian army edges towards Islamic State bastion, jets hit rebel towns

Syrian government forces were poised to advance into the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa province and allied Russian jets kept…
US sees Saudi Arabia and UAE providing commandos for Syria
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US sees Saudi Arabia and UAE providing commandos for Syria

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday he expected Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to provide special…
Major powers agree to plan for ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria
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Major powers agree to plan for ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria

Major powers agreed on Friday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to…
Russia ready to discuss ceasefire in Syria: foreign ministry
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Russia ready to discuss ceasefire in Syria: foreign ministry

Russia is ready to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire in Syria, deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov said Thursday as…
Syrian Kurdish forces said to capture most of rebel-held former military airport
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Syrian Kurdish forces said to capture most of rebel-held former military airport

Kurdish-led fighters aided by Russian bombing captured a rebel-held former Syrian military airport near the border with Turkey, a monitor…
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