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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...

Russia steps up missile barrage of recaptured Ukrainian city

Natalia Kristenko’s dead body lay covered in a blanket in the doorway of her apartment building for hours overnight. City workers were at first too overwhelmed to retrieve her as they responded to a deadly barrage of attacks that shook Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson. The 62-year-old...