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Turkey-backed Syrian fighters inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey, November 2, 2019. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
November 3, 2019, 2:19 am
At least 13 dead in car bomb in Turkish-held Syrian border town
‘Turkey is responsible for civilian casualties in the region it controls,’ says spokesman for Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces
By AFP
Turkish soldiers on a truck drive back from Syria, in the border town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, October 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
November 1, 2019, 1:42 pm
Turkey, Russia begin joint patrols in northern Syria
Troops, armored vehicles and drones deployed along a 110-kilometer route where Syrian Kurdish fighters were forced to withdraw following Ankara incursion
By Mehmet Guzel
Members of the special forces of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pictured during preparations to join the front against Turkish forces, on October 10, 2019, near the northern Syrian town of Hasakeh. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
October 20, 2019, 10:35 am
Syrian Kurds will withdraw from border in accordance with US deal
Top Syrian Democratic Forces official says evacuation of Ras al-Ayn planned Sunday, after partial evacuation took place Saturday
By Agencies
A Syrian man walks through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria, February 26, 2016. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
February 28, 2016, 7:24 pm
Opposition activists report airstrikes in northern Syria
Local group says attacks carried out by Moscow, while Russian military reports artillery fire on border town from Turkey
By Bassem Mroue
Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)
From the WebJanuary 10, 2016, 9:57 pm
Islamic State ‘ran sophisticated immigration operation’ on Turkey-Syria border
Passenger manifests seized by Kurds at Tel Abyad have same stamps as other IS documents The Guardian has been able to verify, the paper reports
Illustrative photo of Turkish special force police officers in the Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul, August 10, 2015 (APF/Ozan Kose)
October 27, 2015, 12:59 pm
Turkey rounds up more IS suspects, strikes Kurds in Syria
Police raid hideouts in conservative central Anatolian city of Konya, detaining some 30 jihadists
By AFP
Illustrative: An Islamic State militant destroys ancient artifacts in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria on July 2, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 4)
July 8, 2015, 1:47 pm
A secret to IS success: Shock troops who fight to the death
Extremist group moves between conventional and guerrilla warfare, uses creative tactics to wear out opponents
By Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue
Undated file photo of Islamic State fighters holding up their weapons and waving flags in their convey of vehicles on a road leading to Iraq from Raqqa, Syria. (Jihadist website via AP)
July 6, 2015, 5:32 pm
Islamic State group fighters regain control of Syrian town
Jihadi militant group ‘liberates’ Ein Issa from Kurdish forces and releases execution video from Raqqa
By AP, AFP and TOI staff
File: Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters wave their movement's flag and cheer as they parade in the northeastern Syrian town of Qamishli after returning from battling Islamic State group jihadists in Tal Abyad on the border with Turkey, June 24, 2015. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
July 1, 2015, 12:52 pm
Syrian Kurds retake key town from Islamic State
Tal Abyad, on border with Turkey, served as channel for arms, weapons, and black market oil to jihadists
By AFP
Syrian refugees gather on the side of the road that leads to the Akcakale border gate as they wait to return to their home in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad, June 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC
June 18, 2015, 4:33 pm
Turkey blocks Syrian refugees seeking to return to Tal Abyad
Security forces stop some 200 Syrian asylum-seekers from returning home, blaming Kurdish militia
By AFP
Israelis Druze wave flags during a demonstration of some two thousand people in the northern Israeli Druze town of Daliyat al-Carmel, calling for the Israeli government to support and help their relatives in embattled Syria, June 14, 2015. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
June 16, 2015, 6:42 pm
Syrian Druze have more to fear from Nusra than Islamic State
The besieged minority worries that rebels will fill a vacuum if the regime collapses in their region
By Avi Issacharoff
In this photo released on May 20, 2015, provided by the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish fighters of the YPG flash victory signs as they sit on their pickup truck on their way to battle against the Islamic State group, near Kezwan mountain, northeast Syria. (The Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units via AP)
June 16, 2015, 2:16 pm
Kurds capture key border stronghold in blow to Islamic State
Syrian Kurdish forces said to take full control of Tel Abyad near Turkish border, cutting off IS supply line
By Zeina Karam, LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and BERZA SIMSEK
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, Kurdish fighters wave and flash the V-sign as the hold their positions atop pf a building in the outskirts of Tal Abyad, Syria, Monday, June 15, 2015 (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
June 16, 2015, 1:55 am
Kurdish fighters seize large parts of IS border stronghold
US-backed forces take nearly full control of Tal Abyad on Syria-Turkey border, cutting extremist jihadi group’s key supply line
By Zeina Karam
Illustrative photo of fighters from the Kurdish YPG militia alongside the group's flag in northern Syria (al-Jazeera video screenshot , YouTube)
June 15, 2015, 3:26 pm
Syrian rebels accuse Kurds of ethnic cleansing
Kurdish People’s Protection Units strongly deny charges leveled by opposition factions in war-torn country
By AP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in the Golbasi district of Ankara, June 5, 2015. (AFP/Adem Altan)
June 14, 2015, 2:45 pm
Kurdish forces’ advance in Syria threatens Turkey, Erdogan says
Turkish troops close border as battles with Islamic State send new throng of refugees northward
By AFP and AP
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