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- May 19, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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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