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US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean
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US blacklists Iran oil tanker in Mediterranean

The United States on Friday blacklisted the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya following repeated warnings over its valuable oil cargo.…
Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border
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Syrian Kurdish YPG to withdraw from strip along Turkish border

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Kurdish YPG militia will pull forces and heavy weapons from a strip along Syria’s border with…
Turkish lira slides on trade war unease, hit by ‘flash crash’
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Turkish lira slides on trade war unease, hit by ‘flash crash’

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish lira weakened more than 1% against the dollar on Monday, after briefly tumbling to 6.47…
Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years
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Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops on Friday reclaimed a cluster of towns they had lost early in the eight-year-old war,…
Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
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Erdogan tells Putin that Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria…
Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey: ship-tracking data
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Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey: ship-tracking data

ATHENS (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran has switched destination and…
Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor
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Damascus forces surround Turkish army post: monitor

Syrian government forces surrounded a Turkish military observation post in the northwest on Friday after overrunning neighbouring towns, upping the…
Damascus to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib
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Damascus to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib

Damascus said Thursday it is opening a corridor for civilians to leave the opposition-held northwestern region of Idlib, where government…
Syrian army opens corridor for people to leave rebel bastion: state media
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Syrian army opens corridor for people to leave rebel bastion: state media

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces opened a corridor on Thursday for people who want to leave insurgent territory in…
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
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As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians

BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…
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