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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...

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...

US official urges 'de-escalation' as Turkey strikes Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. official in Syria on Friday called for an “immediate de-escalation” following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border, saying the actions destabilize the region and undermine the fight against the Islamic State group. Turkey this week...

Erdogan on potential land incursion in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he would carry out a land invasion into Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq in recent days, in retaliation for a deadly November...