Airstrikes target Turkish convoy in Syria, raising tensions
Smoke rises in the background from bombardment around the area as fighters with the Free Syrian army drive their pick-up truck, left, past a Turkey Armed Forces convoy, at a highway between Maaret al-Numan and Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish Defense ...
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Regime advance cuts off Turkish convoy in northwest Syria
A convoy of Turkish military vehicles passes through the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province on August 19, 2019/ A convoy of Turkish military vehicles passes through the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province on August 19, 2019 (AFP Photo/Omar HAJ KADOUR)/ Maaret al-Noman (Syria) (AFP) - A Turkish ...
UPDATE 1-Turkey says it will not move military observation post in Syria
ANKARA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Turkey will not move the military observation post in northwest Syria that a Turkish convoy was trying to reach when it came under attack during an offensive by the Syrian army, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. An air strike on the Turkish military ...
The Latest: Turkey says its army convoy targeted in Syria
This photo provided by the activist-operated Thiqa News Agency, shows a Turkish military convoy heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition crossed into northern Syria Monday and moved south through ...
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Assad regime bombs near Turkish military convoy
The Turkish convoy was heading towards Khan Sheikhoun - AFP/ Assad regime forces carried out an airstrike near a Turkish military convoy in northern Syria on Monday, in a rare example of Damascus directly confronting At least one pro-Turkey fighter was killed in the strike and several were ...
Syrian civil war: Damascus condemns Turkey convoy for Idlib
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Syria has condemned the convoy as an act of aggression and says it is heading for the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun Syria has condemned a Turkish convoy bound for a town in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. Russian and Syrian ...
Khan Sheikhoun: Syria rebels pull out of key town after five years
These are external links and will open in a new window/ This 2015 photo shows Khan Sheikhoun, then under rebel control Syrian opposition forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of Khan Sheikhoun, deep in the last rebel-held province. Government forces, backed by Russia, closed in on the ...
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Turkey Threatens New Tensions With Russia and Iran in Syria As It Tries to Make a Deal with U.S.
Turkey has defied warnings from Russia, Iran and their local allies in Syria by seeking a deal with the United States and continuing to support insurgents as they clashed with government forces in the restive northwestern province of Idlib. A demilitarized zone deal struck nearly a year ago by ...
UPDATE 2-Warplanes strike near Turkish convoy in northwest Syria - Observatory, rebel source
BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Syrian air strikes hit near a Turkish military convoy that approached frontlines in northwest Syria on Monday as government forces advanced on a rebel-held town, a monitor and a rebel source said. There was no immediate comment from Ankara, which backs some of the ...
Syria regime forces enter key town amid fierce clashes: monitor
Syrian regime forces have been battling to capture the jihadist-held town of Khan Sheikhun in the country's northwest as it lies on a key highway (AFP Photo/Omar HAJ KADOUR)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syrian regime forces entered a key northwestern town on Sunday amid intense fighting with jihadists and ...
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Syrian soldiers, allies reach edges of major militant bastion in Idlib
12PM [Updated: Sun Aug 18, 2019 01:22PM ]/ The photo shows a view of Abedin village following a counterterrorism operation by Syrian government forces in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib on August 17, 2019. (Photo by SANA)/ Syrian government forces, backed by fighters from allied ...
Militants leave key Idlib town, last Hama stronghold after Syrian army advances
backed militants have reportedly withdrawn from a key town in Syria’s embattled Idlib Province as well as their last bastion in the nearby province of Hama, as government forces make more gains in the northwest. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) and local sources reported ...
Putin: Russia backs Syrian army attacks on terrorists in Idlib
02PM [Updated: Mon Aug 19, 2019 06:13PM ]/ Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron [not shown] at the French president's summer retreat of the Bregancon fortress on the Mediterranean coast, near the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, ...
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Turkish convoy enters Syria’s Idlib to help Takfiri militants
20AM [Updated: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:43AM ]/ A convoy of Turkish military vehicles passes through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern province of Idlib heading toward the town of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of the province on August 19, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Damascus says a ...
Syrian troops enter strategic town in Idlib after 5 years
The Syrian Army forces have entered the key town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province for the first time since 2014 after heavy clashes with terrorists and anti-government militants, a UK-based war monitor said. The Syrian troops "entered the town of Khan Shaykhun for the first since they lost ...
