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Russian army chief in Syria meets Kurds over Turkey tensions

BEIRUT (AP) — The chief of Russian forces in Syria has met with a Kurdish commander over threats by Turkey to launch a new incursion into northern Syria, a Kurdish spokesman and an Arab TV station said Monday. Siamand Ali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, confirmed...

Funeral for fighters, guards killed in Turkish strike

Hundreds in the Syrian city of Hassakeh attended the funeral of five guards who were killed by Turkish airstrikes in various locations in the northeast of the country. The people killed include three guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who were killed in a Turkish strike on...

On violence elimination day, 28,761 women killed since 2011: SNHR

Paris – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has released its 11th annual report on violations against females in Syria. Published on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the report reveals that no fewer than 28,761 females have been killed in Syria since...

Syrian Kurds say they have stopped operations against IS

The commander of the main U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in Syria said Saturday they have halted operations against the Islamic State group due to Turkish attacks on northern Syria over the past week. Mazloum Abdi of the Syrian Democratic Forces told reporters that after nearly a week of...