Syria
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Erdogan and Putin discuss Syria in Wednesday meeting
Peace in Syria is dependent on relations between Ankara and Moscow, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday during a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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Congress rejects US withdraw from Syrian Kurdish-controlled areas
The drafter of a proposal to the US congress over the withdraw American troops from the Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria announced his proposal has been rejected in a Friday's vote.
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Moscow does not believe in resolving Kurdish issue in Syria: official
Russia is only looking for its own interests and does not believe in resolving the political issue in Syria," said the head of the public relations office of the Syrian Kurdistan Future Movement.
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Turkey faces gathering storm in Syria
Erdogan’s choices limited as Russian-backed Syrian forces increase attacks, weigh final assault on Idlib
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Erdogan to visit Russia in late September
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia later this month to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and discuss the violence in northwestern Syria, Reuters reported on Friday.
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Our existence is not tied to US presence in Syria: representative
The representative of the Syrian Democratic Council in the Iraqi Kurdistan region says "The emphasis of the Centcom commander in his meeting with General Mazloum Kobani to keep American forces in Syrian Kurdistan does not diminish our will to maintain our achievements and we do not tie our existence to the United States."
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Turkish attacks on Syrian Kurds were discussed during Ilham Ehmed's visit to Moscow
Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) head Ilham Ehmed raised the issue of Turkish attacks in northern Syria during a visit to Russia, as well as asked Moscow to facilitate a meeting with the Syrian leadership, SDC representative in the US, Bassam Saker, told Sputnik.
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Joe Biden does not want to put Kurdish issue above US ties with Ankara, analyst says
The US President Joe Biden, like all previous US administrators, does not want to confront Turkey and will not put Kurdish concerns above his ties with Turkey, a political affairs analyst told Kurdpress.
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US should warn Kurds before pulling out of Syria: representative
The United States should warn the Syrian Kurds if it makes a decision to withdraw from the country, and carry out such a pullout step by step, Syrian Democratic Council Representative in the United States and member of the Presidential Committee, Bassam Saker, told Sputnik.
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Mazloum Kobani hopes for continued US presence in Syrian Kurdish regions
Mazloum Kobani says he hopes the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be repeated in Syrian Kurdish-controlled areas and that Washington will continue to support Syrian Kurdish forces.
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Swiss is under pressure for Syrian Kurds' representation office in Geneva
Switzerland has come under pressure from Syria and Turkey after Syrian Kurds opened a “representation office” in Geneva. Damascus has sent a letter of protest to Bern, and in Ankara the Swiss embassy’s chief of mission has been summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry.
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Biden to welcome Iraqi PM at White House
U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on Monday.
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Rouhani, Erdogan discuss regional issues in phone call
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised the roles of both states as two great powers in the region and the Islamic world.
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Biden's failure to renew US oil company license is a major setback for Syrian Kurds, professor tells Kurdpress
A University professor, Dr. Joshua Landis told KurdPress that the US President Joe Biden's denial to renew US Delta Crescent Energy Company's license would be a major blow to the Syrian Kurds and the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in northeastern Syria.
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Kurdish-Kurdish talks in Syria are under influence of Syrian Kurdistan ties with Iraqi Kurdistan: spokesman
The spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Council stressed that the relations between the Kurdish self-ruling administration in northern Syria and the Kurdish region in Iraq have a direct impact on the Kurdish-Kurdish talks in Syria.
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Syrian Kurdish political delegation visits Sweden
A political delegation from the Syrian Kurdish self-ruling administration has made a visit to Sweden on Friday, July 3, where they discussed the fight against terrorism and Turkish violations with Swedish diplomats.
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Turkey's illegal renditions of Syrian nationals back in spotlight / Amberin Zaman
Critics say the arrest of Syrian citizens and their extradition to Turkey violates Turkish and international humanitarian law.
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Turkish, Russian FMs to meet today in Antalya
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will meet in Antalya on Wednesday.
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Blinken calls Syrian humanitarian situation 'untenable'
At a meeting of the members of the US D-ISIS coalition in Rome, the US secretary of state makes appeal for "stabilization."
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EU leaders back funding but warn Erdogan against 'instrumentalizing' Syrian migrants / Nazlan Ertan
EU leaders propose further funding to Turkey for Syrian refugees, but, at Greece’s insistence, issue a warning that the bloc “condemns any attempt by third countries to instrumentalize migrants for political purposes.”
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Continuing disagreement between Kurds and Damascus would allow Turkey to expand territory in Syria: expert
A Kurdish affairs expert warned in an interview with Kurdpress that continuing disagreement between the Kurds and the Syrian central government would lead to more Turkey territory expansion in Syria.
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PKK and KDP differences would deteriorate problems of Syrian Kurdish parties: official
The differences between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) would deteriorate the problems between the Syrian Kurdish parties, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDPS) told Kurdpress in an interview.
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Turkey wild card in US-Russia conflict over Syria aid / Fehim Tastekin
The US administration might be open to a position shift on the Syrian file to secure the flow of cross-border international aid to Syria, a prospect that may spoil Turkey's calculations in Syria and particularly in Idlib.
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Biden administration poised to ax US oil company’s waiver for Kurdish-led northeast Syria / Amberin Zaman
The Biden administration has decided to not extend a sanctions waiver granted by the Trump administration in April 2020 to a little-known American oil company to operate in northeast Syria, according to well-informed sources who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition they not be cited by name.
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Official asks US and Europe to pressure Turkey for its inhumane treatment
A member of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDPS) said that it was necessary for the United States and Europe to put pressure on Turkey as it has cut off Syria's share of water from the Euphrates.
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Turkey unlikely to shift gears over Syria: analyst
Turkey is unlikely to make a major shift in its Syria policy despite Arab countries indicating they are ready to bring Damascus back into the fold, according to analyst Sinem Cengiz.
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Russia to expand its naval base in Syrian port of Tartus
Russia plans to expand its naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus in order to build a floating wharf in the port.
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Russian forces stop and turn back U.S. military convoy in Syria
Russia's military stopped and turned back a U.S. convoy in Syria as friction grows between Washington and Moscow over each other's roles in de-escalating conflict in the country.
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Islamic State takes border station in Iraqi desert with 'drug smuggling wali' / Shelly Kittleson
Orders to arrest three Iraqi border guard commanders in late April after positions were abandoned and equipment and weaponry were left to alleged Islamic State (IS) attackers seemed to show seriousness on the part of the government but also fostered concern.
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War over economic routes heats up in Syria / Fehim Tastekin
Syria’s economic collapse is stoking the struggle over commercial routes between government-held areas and US- and Turkish-backed enclaves, fueling also disagreements on humanitarian aid.