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Turkish FM: 50,000 Return to Areas Ankara Controls in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians and refugees have returned to an area controlled by Turkey and Turkish-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria, Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday, and U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters pressed their offensive in the north near a town held by the Islamic State group.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 08:16

Turkish, Russian aircraft destroy Islamic State targets in Syria: army

EghtesadOnline: Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck Islamic State targets in Syria, killing 22 of the group's militants, while Russian aircraft hit jihadists near the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey's military said on Monday.
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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 07:29

Erdogan says Turkish-backed rebels close to taking Syria's al Bab

EghtesadOnline: Turkey-backed rebels are just 2 km (1.25 miles) from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it from Islamic State quickly despite some resistance, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:46

U.S. Forces Helping Turkey Clear Islamic State in Syria

EghtesadOnline: U.S. special operations troops joined Turkish soldiers and Syrian opposition groups to clear Islamic State fighters from northern Syria, the Pentagon said, the latest sign that the Obama administration is deepening its involvement in the 5 1/2-year civil war.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 09:23

Turkey Says U.S.-Backed Assault to Retake Raqqa Begins

EghtesadOnline: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from its Raqqa stronghold in Syria has begun, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:43

Turkey won't accept 'region of terror' in northern Syria, deputy PM says

EghtesadOnline: Turkey will not accept a "region of terror" in northern Syria and the ethnic structure of the area should be kept intact, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday, comments that appeared aimed at a Syrian-Kurdish militia.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:55

Russian-backed Syria talks derailed as rebels boycott

EghtesadOnline: Russian-led peace talks on Syria were derailed on Tuesday as rebels backed by Turkey boycotted a third round of meetings in Kazakhstan and the Kremlin indicated there were international divisions over the process.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 16:29

Iran-Turkey-Russia Talks on Syria Endorsed by UN

EghtesadOnline: The United Nations Security Council said intra-Syrian negotiations organized by Iran, Russia and Turkey in the Kazakh capital, Astana, have set the stage for the stalled UN-brokered peace talks to resume in the Swiss city of Geneva.
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Publish Date:12/March/2017 | 06:04

Turkey Said to Seek U.S. Support to Attack IS Syria Bastion

EghtesadOnline: Turkey is seeking U.S. support to lead a ground offensive against Islamic State’s main stronghold in Syria, a Turkish official said, a move that could give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more influence in the conflict and undermine Kurdish groups linked to separatists he’s fighting at home.
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Publish Date:28/February/2017 | 13:55

Erdogan spokesman slams U.S. military for backing Syrian Kurdish militia

EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman lashed out at the U.S. military on Thursday after it re-tweeted a statement by a Kurdish-dominated alliance it backs in Syria saying it had no links to Kurdish militants fighting the Turkish state.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:53

Russia, Turkey Broker Syria Truce in Step Toward Peace Deal

EghtesadOnline: Russia and Turkey announced they’ve brokered a cease-fire agreement in Syria that they hope will pave the way to a peace settlement ending six years of civil war, seizing the initiative from the U.S. after years of failed diplomacy.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:19

Turkey Moves Arms to Syria Border, Seeks Trump’s Backing in War

EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s military deployed tanks and guns on the Syrian border as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged joint action with the Trump administration against Islamic State in its de facto capital, Raqqa.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:47

Turkey Pledges to Work for Syrian Cease-Fire After Moscow Talks

EghtesadOnline: Turkey said it will facilitate contacts between Syria’s government and opposition groups in preparation for peace talks organized together with Russia and Iran that aim to reach a nationwide cease-fire as the first step to ending an almost six-year civil war.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:42

Bombings Kill 14 Soldiers in Turkey’s Deadliest Day in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels besieged the Islamic State stronghold of Al-Bab in northern Syria after three separate suicide bombings left Turkey reeling from its bloodiest day on the Syrian front.
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Publish Date:22/December/2016 | 08:06