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Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From IS

A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 29 Near Syria Town Taken From IS

A suicide bomber killed 29 people, most of them rebels, on Friday near the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which they had taken...

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Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?

The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes...

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Syria Rebels Announce Capture of Al-Bab From IS

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from...

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Turkey Says Only 100 Jihadists Left In IS-Held Syria Battleground

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 jihadists were still holed up in the flashpoint Islamic-State Syrian town of...

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Turkey Says ‘100 IS Fighters’ Left In Syria’s Al-Bab

Turkey said Wednesday fewer than 100 Islamic State jihadists were still holed up in a flashpoint Syrian town which has...

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Who’s Who In Syria Conflict As Geneva Talks Loom

Syrian government officials and opposition figures will gather in Geneva on Thursday for the fourth round of...

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11 Family Members Dead In Rebel Push On IS Syria Bastion

Eleven members of the same family were killed on Monday as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels advanced on the town of Al-Bab...

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Turkish Shelling ‘kills 9’ In IS-Held Syria Town

Nine civilians were killed in overnight Turkish bombardment of a jihadist-held town in northern Syria, a monitor said...

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24 Civilians Killed In Bombing On Syria Town

Turkish bombardment of an Islamic State group-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, a monitor said Thursday, but...

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Pro-Ankara Rebels, Syria Regime ‘agree Security Line’ In Al-Bab

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces have created a security corridor to avoid clashes in...

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Erdogan Calls For Safe Zone In Northern Syria

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Ankara wanted to establish a "safe zone" in northern Syria free of...

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Erdogan Says Turkish Troops Inside IS Bastion Al-Bab, Capture Imminent

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies have entered the centre of...

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Syria Army Reaches Edge of IS-Held Town

Syria's army advanced on Friday to the outskirts of a key Islamic State group bastion that is also being targeted by...

Opinion

Turkish Troops, Syria Rebels Enter IS-Held Town

Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, as...

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Syria War: Russian ‘friendly Fire’ Kills Turkish Soldiers

President Vladimir Putin has sent condolences after a Russian air strike accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers in...

International

Russia and Turkey ‘in First Joint Air Strikes On IS’

Russian and Turkish jets have carried out their first joint strikes on so-called Islamic State (IS) inside Syria, the...

International

Manhunt For Turkey Gunman Intensifies

Turkish police have launched raids in Istanbul and arrested 12 people, as the hunt for an attacker who killed 39 people...

International

Turkish Troops Killed In Clashes With ISIL In Syria

Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of...