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  New clashes break out in northern Syria

  World | October 26, 2019 15:20 IST

  Following a pact struck between Ankara and Moscow this week, Turkish forces suspended a military campaign against the Kurds, whom Ankara regards as a terrorist threat, on Wednesday, giving Kurdish fighters 150 hours to leave a 20-mile-deep belt that Turkey calls a safe zone, reports Efe news.

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  Turkish forces advance in Syria as US troops come under fire

  World | October 12, 2019 13:53 IST

  No U.S. troops were hurt in Friday’s explosion at the small U.S. outpost, and the artillery strike marked the first time a coalition base was in the line of fire since Turkey’s offensive began.  

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  Turkish Forces Shoot Dead Ferry Hijacker

  World | November 12, 2011 20:13 IST

  Ankara, Turkey, Nov 12: Turkish commandos in civilian clothes slipped onto a hijacked passenger ferry and posed as hostages before fatally shooting a suspected Kurdish rebel carrying explosives in a 12-hour drama that ended before