EU sanctions Turkish-backed militias for atrocities in Syria amid policy shift
The EU has sanctioned former Turkish-backed militia leaders and their factions for committing atrocities against Alawite civilians during attacks in ...
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US-sanctioned militia leader assigned senior military role in Syria’s Kurdish-majority regions
The new Syrian government has appointed Abu Hatem Shaqra, a US-sanctioned leader of the militia Ahrar al-Sharqiya, as the commander ...
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Syrian Democratic Forces leaders meet protesters at Tishreen Dam amid Turkish threats
Mazloum Abdi, General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Rohilat Afrin, a senior member of the Women’s Protection ...
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Syrian war crimes submitted to Hague, UN by Turkey’s Kurdish bar association
A Kurdish bar association in Turkey has filed a complaint to the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC), ...
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Syrian negotiations, between a rock and a hard place – last week in Kurdish news
Sarah Glynn Negotiating a future in Syria’s political jungle demands a rare combination of patience, determination and understanding. This week ...
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Syria: Militias linked to Alawite massacres redeployed to Kurdish-majority city
Armed groups accused of killing Alawite communities in Syria have been redeployed to Ras al-Ayn (Serêkaniyê), a Kurdish-majority city in ...
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HTS seeks legitimacy but retains authoritarian rule, says new RIC report
A report by the Rojava Information Center, published on 28 March, details how Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former jihadist ...
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Fate of Syria’s new administration hinges on peace with Kurdish forces, Crisis Group notes
The International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report on 28 March outlining the dire situation facing Syria’s interim government, led ...
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Assad’s dramatic downfall engineered by Russia, says Syrian militia leader
Russia engineered the dramatic downfall of Bashar al-Assad by staging a coup and ordering his army to surrender, according to ...
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Turkish-backed groups abandon positions after intense clashes
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has said they inflicted heavy losses on Turkish-backed factions known as the Syrian National Army ...
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