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About Nine Thousand Syrians Deported from Turkey in October

by ENAB BALADI (opposition website), published on The Syrian Observer, November 7th, 2023 In October, a total of 8,864 Syrians were repatriated from Turkey to Syria via the main border crossings. According to data released by the administration of Bab al-Hawa crossing on November 4, 2,832 individuals were deported from …

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Turkiye Continues Air Campaign Against US Allies in Syria

From the News Desk at The Cradle, October 9, 2023 The Turkish air force launched a new barrage of attacks in northeast Syria on 9 October, hitting a Kurdish police training center where 20 security personnel, known as Asayish, died and about 50 were wounded.  Turkiye reportedly “neutralized” several Kurdish …

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Turkey Attacks U.S. Proxies in Syria

by SSM Editor, October 7, 2023 According to a report from Reuters, the Turkish bombers targeted Kurdish militants in northern Syria killing 58.     Turkey is retaliating against a PKK attack on a Turkish military base launched from YPG territory in Northern Syria.  Turkish president Erdogan maintains that all YPG militants …

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91 Dead, 277 Injured By a Uyghur Terrorist Attack in Homs, Syria

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 6, 2023 October 6, 2023, Latakia, Syria:  The Syrian Arab Army has shot down drones targeting the Syrian Military Hospital at Homs today, where terrorists had planned to kill the hospitalized survivors of the massive drone attack the Uyghurs had carried out …

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US-Backed Militants Fight Each Other in Syria. Who Is to Blame?

by Robert Inlakesh, published on RT, September 14, 2023 Rival US-backed militants went to battle in northeastern Syria in a conflict originally sparked by ethnic tensions. However, as the situation matured, efforts were made to shift the blame onto Russia, Iran and the Syrian government, despite years of mismanagement and …

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“The US will strengthen its occupation of Syria, while plundering oil resources”

Interview with Glenn Diesen by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 11. 2023 The Obama administration began the US military occupation of Syria in November 2015. Obama sold the public on the idea of fighting ISIS, but in reality military personnel of Syria, Russia, Iraq and Iran were already …

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Turkey Plans to Annex Aleppo

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 17, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his plan to return Syrian refugees in Turkey to Aleppo. For many years he has proposed a plan to create a safe zone, or de-escalation zone specifically developed to hold the millions of …

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Damascus Strongly Condemns U.S. and Turkey for Cutting off Water Supply in Hassakeh

from the Syrian Observer / al-Baath, July 20, 2023 Syria urgently calls upon the United Nations to take immediate and effective action to halt violations of international laws, according to al-Baath. In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs expressed Syria’s vehement condemnation of the heinous act …

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Extremists Who Left Syria to Fight in Ukraine Realize Journey ‘Futile’: Expert

From the News Desk at The Cradle, June 21, 2023 Egyptian researcher and political analyst Ahmad Sultan was quoted as saying on 21 June that many of the extremist militants who left Syria for the Ukrainian battlefield last year have realized that the fight against Russia is futile. “The jihadists …

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Turkey-Syria Reconciliation “Would End the US Presence in the Region”

by Steven Sahiounie interviews Aydin Sezer, published on Mideast Discourse, May 10, 2023 A snapshot of thinking on the Turkish election.  The first round took place but was more or less a tie leading to a runoff.  Seems like it will be very difficult for Kilicdaroglu to keep his promises …

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