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May 19, 20182 min read
Sykes–Picot: How UK and France created and destroyed the modern Middle East.
On may 19, 1916, France and the UK conclude the Sykes-Picot agreement, which in effect partitioned the former provinces of the Ottoman...
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Feb 19, 20182 min read
Syrian forces to enter the YPG Kurdish enclave of Afrin after striking deal with the SDF Kurds.
Pro Syrian forces and militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region within hours, state media reported on Monday,...
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Feb 9, 20172 min read
Russian airstrike kills three Turkish soldiers in Syria.
Russian air strikes killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on...
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Jan 28, 20172 min read
Trump bans people from countries that the US bombed from coming to the US.
President Donald Trump has banned the entry of Syrian refugees into the US until further notice. He has also halted the issuing of visas...
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Dec 29, 20162 min read
Syrian civil war - ceasefire agreed, backed by Russia and Turkey.
In a stunning announcement today made by Russian president Vladimir Putin, both the Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed a...
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Nov 27, 20162 min read
Turkey is quietly building a giant 900-km wall on its Syrian border.
So while Trump hasn't even started on his biggest campaign pledge, building a wall along the US - Mexico border, Turkey, without almost...
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Nov 16, 20162 min read
Russia quits the International Criminal Court as it probes its actions in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria
Vladimir Putin has signed an order to have Russia withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid calls for his military to be...
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Aug 28, 20162 min read
US backs both Syrian Anti Turkey groups and Turkish anti Syrian Kurds offensive.
Turkey's military operation in Syria, which is backed by US air strikes, is targeting ISIS but its main goal is to prevent the creation...
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Aug 24, 20161 min read
BREAKING NEWS - Turkish army enters Syria.
At least a dozen Turkish tanks have rolled across the Syrian border after heavy Turkish shelling of an area held by ISIS. Military...
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Aug 17, 20162 min read
It's official, Russia and Iran are now in a relationship.
For the first time since the Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979, Iran has allowed a foreign power to use one of its military bases, that...
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