The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that an “armed group” was attacking Shaddadi prison in Hasaka in Syria’s northeast, where it said thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists were being held.The SDF had said earlier in the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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SDF reports attack on ISIS prison in northeast Syria
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Netanyahu invited to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace alongside European, Mideast leaders
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which would give Israel a seat at the table on a supervisory but largely symbolic body meant to oversee Gaza’s postwar…
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Syria deal could remove main obstacle to Turkey-PKK peace, Turkish officials say
By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler
ISTANBUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A deal under which Kurdish forces abandoned long-held territory in Syria to the Syrian government could pave the way for Turkey to advance its stalled effort to end its decades-long…
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What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’?
US President Donald Trump’s government has asked countries to pay $1 billion for a permanent spot on his “Board of Peace” aimed at resolving conflicts, according to its charter seen by AFP.
The board was originally conceived to oversee the…
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Several killed in hotel blast in Kabul, officials say
Several people were killed or wounded in a blast at a hotel in a heavily guarded part of central Kabul on Monday, officials said.”According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured,” Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry…
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Syria moves to take over ISIS detention camps
Thousands of alleged ISIS members are held in Syria. They are held in around two dozen different camps and prisons that have been run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. These facilities were largely created as a result of the defeat of…
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Syrian army deploys in former Kurdish-held areas under ceasefire deal
Syria’s army deployed in formerly Kurdish-led areas in the country’s east and north on Monday after a ceasefire announced a day earlier, as Syria’s president and the Kurds’ leader were set to hold talks.
The leader of the Syrian Kurdish forces…
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Iraq reclaims control of Ain Al-Asad base from US
The US military withdrew from Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Airbase, which previously housed US-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, Iraq’s defense ministry confirmed on Saturday.The US Defense Department’s Central…
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Kurdish-led force says armed group attacks Syria prison holding thousands of Islamic State members
Jan 19 (Reuters) – The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that an “armed group” was attacking Shaddadi prison in Hasaka in Syria’s northeast where it said thousands of Islamic State militants were being held.
The SDF had said…
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Trump to charge $1bn for permanent ‘peace board’ membership
US President Donald Trump’s government has asked countries to pay $1.0 billion for a permanent spot on his “Board of Peace” aimed at resolving conflicts, according to its charter, seen Monday by AFP.
The White House has asked various world…
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