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Turkey says Syria should be given chance to address Kurdish militant presence

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that the new Syrian administration should be given an opportunity to address the presence of Kurdish militants in the country, and reiterated that the Turkish military would act if it did not.

U.S. News & World Report · 8h

Analysis-Efforts to End Kurdish Militant Conflict in Turkey Face Syria Test

Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups

Syria Needs US Troop Presence to Thwart Islamic State

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Syria Needs US Troop Presence to Thwart Islamic State: Pentagon Chief

Since the fall of President Bashar Assad regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high.

The Washington Post · 1d

US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press that the U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat

Air Force Times on MSN · 1d

US troops need to stay in Syria to counter ISIS, Pentagon chief says

U.S forces are still needed in Syria to prevent ISIS from reconstituting as a major threat following Assad's ouster, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

6mon MSN

Trump should get tough again on chemical weapons states

President-elect Donald Trump should get tough on countries using chemical weapons in breach of agreed international ...

34mon MSN

International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...

7hon MSN

Italy’s foreign minister heads to Syria to encourage post-Assad transition

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition ...

20h

US, French troops could secure Syria's northern border, Syrian Kurdish official says

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3d

U.S. temporarily eases some restrictions on Syria following fall of Assad regime

The United States on Monday temporarily eased sanction restrictions targeting Syria to facilitate transactions with the ...

3d

U.S. Eases Some Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid to Syria

The authorization comes after rebels toppled the Syrian government last month and is intended to allow humanitarian groups to ...

Will the Shake-up in Syria Undermine the Fight Against ISIS?

The United States appears intent on keeping its counterterrorism alliance with the Kurds in post-Assad Syria despite the ...

13d

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor ...

6don MSN

US-Backed Syria Rebels Hope Trump Won't Withdraw Troops Just Yet

The Syrian Free Army "values its partnership with the United States in the fight against ISIS," Colonel Anteri told Newsweek.

1d

He Went to Syria With Tulsi Gabbard. He Has Some Big Concerns.

Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national ...

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