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UN's Syria envoy thanks Turkey for welcoming refugees

The UN’s special envoy to Syria thanked Turkey for its acceptance of Syrian refugees Wednesday. Staffan de Mistura met Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu in Ankara. "De Mistura conveyed his appreciation for the substantial effort by Turkey in welcoming and hosting a...

First contingent of U.S.-trained fighters enters Syria

ISTANBUL ( McClatchyDC )- They arrived in Toyota Hilux pickup trucks, the favored vehicle of Islamist fighters in the Middle East and South Asia. But these men, the first graduates in the faltering U.S. train-and-equip program, were traveling into Syria to fight against an extremist...