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Turkey captures sister of dead IS leader in Syria, say Turkish officials
Little independent information is available on Baghdadi’s sister and Reuters was not immediately able to verify if the captured individual was her.
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Turkey will clear Syria border area of YPG if Russia fails to act - Erdogan
Russia has already warned the YPG that it will face the full force of Turkey’s army, the second biggest in Nato, if it fails to withdraw its fighters and weapons from the designated area in northeast Syria within the agreed deadline.
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Trump announces Turkey sanctions 'will be lifted'
The president added that a 'small number' of US troops would remain in the conflict-hit Syria.
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Erdogan hails 'historic agreement' with Putin over Syria
Erdogan also announced a 150-hour deadline beginning on Wednesday for Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons to be moved back 30 kilometres from areas on the Turkish border which are currently outside the scope of the Turkish offensive.
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Erdogan vows to 'crush the heads' of Kurdish forces if no pullout
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they would 'start where they left off and continue to crush terrorists' heads'.
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European, US lawmakers jointly condemn Turkey invasion
European and US lawmakers united Friday in condemnation of Turkey's invasion of Syria and President Donald Trump's troop withdrawal from the country, warning it would trigger a 'resurgence of Islamic terrorism'.
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Pence announces ceasefire deal with Erdogan to end Turkey's Syria offensive
Speaking after crisis talks with Erdogan in Ankara, Pence said that under the deal all military operations would be paused to allow a pullback of Kurdish YPG militia over a 120-hour period.
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Turkey defiant on Syria offensive as US demands ceasefire
Days after US troops abruptly began withdrawing, clashes continued across the region on Thursday, with Kurdish fighters in the border town of Ras al-Ain burning tyres in a bid to blind Ankara's warplanes and digging in against a ground offensive by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.
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UN Security Council warns of 'risk of dispersion' of Syria jihadists
The Council's 15 members including Russia, a key player in the conflict, declared themselves 'very concerned (about) a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation' in northeastern Syria.
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Trump sanctions fail to slow Turkey assault; Syrian troops move on Manbij
Turkey ignored US sanctions and pressed on with its offensive in northern Syria on Tuesday, while the Russia-backed Syrian army roared into one of the most hotly contested cities abandoned by US forces in Donald Trump’s retreat.
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As options narrow on Syria, Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
Using the US military to stop the Turkish offensive on US-allied Kurdish fighters was never an option, defence officials have said, and Trump asked the Pentagon on Sunday to begin a 'deliberate' withdrawal of all US troops from northern Syria.
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Furious with Turkey, EU threatens sanctions, arms embargo
Turkey has stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of a humanitarian disaster and also raised the prospect of new US sanctions on Ankara.
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Erdogan threatens Europe with refugees if no support
Turkey is home to more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees and recently called for a "safe zone" in the war-torn country's northeast, to which refugees could return.
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Turkey seeks arrest of coup suspects as focus turns to business
President Erdogan has vowed to choke off businesses linked to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
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Injury toll in fatal Turkey car bomb attack rises to 170
Footage on the CNN Turk channel showed offices inside the police station in ruins and filled with smoke.
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Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station - state media
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack near the country's border with Iran.
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Turkey threatens to abandon migrant deal if EU visa freedom not granted
Visa-free access to the EU has been delayed due to dispute over Turkish anti-terrorism legislation.
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Turkish PM says Ankara sees no compromise with the US over Gulen extradition
Turkey almost immediately increased pressure for the extradition from the United States of Fethullah Gulen.
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Turkey warned against execution of those involved in attempted coup
The Interior Ministry has been gutted with 8,777 officers removed from their jobs.
