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Bomb blast in a bus kills three civilians in Syria’s Afrin
A bomb in the northwest Syrian town of Afrin killed three civilians and wounded nine on a public bus, Reuters witnesses said on Sunday. The blast came ... Middle East -
Car bomb kills eight people in Syria’s Afrin, says monitor
A car bomb killed at least eight people including four civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on Sunday, a ... Middle East -
Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Afrin: ministry
A Turkish soldier was killed on Thursday in the northern Syrian region of Afrin after coming under fire from a Kurdish militia, the Turkish defense ... Middle East -
Turkey opens gate with neighboring Syria’s Afrin
A border gate between Turkey and Syria’s Afrin opened on Thursday, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Friday.The border crossing is ... Middle East -
Turkish forces bombard Kurdish YPG militia positions east of Euphrates
Turkish forces bombarded Kurdish YPG militia positions on the eastern shore of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, state-owned Anadolu news agency ... Middle East -
Turkey ready to create more safe zones in Syria
Turkey said on Sunday it had finalized preparations to create more safe areas in Syria, which would allow the return of refugees who have fled the ... Middle East -
Amnesty accuses Turkey of tolerating Syrian rebel abuses in Afrin
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Turkish forces of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit major rights abuses in the northern region of Afrin ... Middle East -
Hundreds of Syria Kurds rally to demand Turkey withdrawal
Hundreds demonstrated in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli on Saturday, in response to a call by Kurdish authorities for global protests ... Middle East -
The regional powder keg and the threat of conflagration
There are varying assessments on the factors that might trigger a large scale conflagration in the Middle East. There are those who believe that this ... Middle East -
Aid reaches Syrians displaced by Turkey’s Afrin assault
Humanitarian aid on Tuesday reached desperate families displaced to the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat by a nearby Turkish offensive, the ... Middle East -
Turkish forces will not remain in Syria’s Afrin
Turkish forces will not remain in Syria’s Afrin and will leave the region to its "real owners", Ankara’s main spokesman said on ... Middle East -
Turkish forces and Free Syrian Army capture Afrin city
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Erdogan says Afrin is now under ‘total’ Turkish control
Turkey's President Erdogan said on Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken control of town center of Afrin, driving out theKurdish militia. ... Middle East -
Nine dead in Turkish air strike on hospital in Syria’s Afrin
A Turkish bombing raid struck the main hospital in the Kurdish-controlled Syrian town of Afrin on Friday killing nine people, a monitor said, as ... Middle East -
Pregnant women among dead as Turkish strike hits hospital in Syria’s Afrin
A Turkish bombing raid struck the main hospital in the Kurdish-controlled Syrian town of Afrin on Friday, killing sixteen civilians, a monitor said. ... Middle East -
Turkey ramps up assault on Kurdish enclave in Syria
Turkey turned up the heat on Syria’s Afrin on Wednesday, as pro-Ankara forces bombarded the Kurdish enclave and closed in on its main city. The ... Middle East -
‘Tremendous battles’ still loom in Syria, says UN adviser Egeland
Syria could see “tremendous battles” for two remaining rebel enclaves even once a government onslaught on the last insurgent pocket near ... Middle East -
The Kurds have been sacrificed
Three years ago, the Kurds seized Kobane (Ain Al-Arab) from the jihadists. The whole world hailed this symbolic victory, underlining the heroism of ... Middle East -
Syria’s Afrin cut off from water as civilians ‘exit through special corridor’
Turkish bombing raids killed 10 fighters loyal to the Syrian government on Wednesday at a checkpoint they were manning near the Kurdish enclave of ... Middle East -
Erdogan hopes Afrin will be ‘totally encircled’ by evening
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes Turkish forces will have completely encircled Afrin by Wednesday evening, a presidential source said, clarifying ... Middle East -
Turkey’s Erdogan says Syria’s Afrin town under siege, entry imminent
Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town centre, President Tayyip ... Middle East -
Syria aid convoy on hold after Assad forces split the enclave in two
A top UN aid official appealed to the Syrian government and its Russian backers for a cessation of hostilities in eastern Ghouta on Thursday when a ... Middle East -
Cold War-like conflicts in the region and the Arab dilemma
The Russian veto of the draft resolution condemning Iranian interference in Yemen brings to mind the Cold War era. It is clearly an incident ... Middle East -
Eight Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, 13 wounded
Turkey suffered heavy losses on Thursday during its offensive against a Kurdish militia in northwest Syria, with the military announcing that eight ... Middle East -
At least 17 dead as Turkish jets attack pro-government forces in Afrin
Turkish warplanes attacked pro-Syrian government forces overnight, killing at least 17 people in a village in the north of the Afrin region in ... Middle East -
Aid convoy arrives in Syria’s Afrin
An aid convoy carrying humanitarian supplies for 50,000 displaced people has arrived in Afrin in Syria, a spokeswoman for the International Committee ... Middle East -
Turkey says unclear whether Syrian government forces will enter Afrin
Syrian government forces have yet to enter the Afrin region and it was unclear if they would, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. ... Middle East -
Erdogan says Turkey will lay siege to Syria’s Afrin in coming days
Turkey will lay siege to Afrin in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday a month after Ankara launched an offensive against ... Middle East -
Turkey shells Syrian pro-regime forces in Afrin
Turkey fired at Syrian pro-regime forces as they entered Tuesday the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin, Syrian state media said.The shelling marks a ... Middle East -
Turkey welcomes Syrian forces entering Afrin
Militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region, Syrian media reported on Monday, after a Kurdish official said a deal had been ... Middle East