- ” ‘They’ll come to kill us’: Canadian trapped in Syria pleads to UN for help” (CTV News)
- “British children urgently need to be rescued from Syria” (Save the Children)
- “British officials have taken the first steps to repatriate children stranded in Syria by liaising directly with agencies on the ground to identify unaccompanied minors for “safe passage” back to the UK …” (The Guardian)
- “Foreign ISIS wives in Syrian camp: ‘Our men are waiting for us in Turkey’ ” (Kurdish media)
- “This Islamic State (ISIS) prisoner in northeast Syria now wants to go to a freer country in Europe. Mohammed Qasim is from Turkey, but fought in Syria in ISIS’ bid to establish and maintain its caliphate. Now in the detention of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), he says he wants out. “I want to live in a place where I can live freely,” …” (Kurdish media)
- “More than 1,600 Syrian refugees come to (IRQ) Kurdistan Region since war with Turkey: UN” (Kurdish media)
- “New refugees arrive to Iraq in a week of violence in northeast Syria” (UNHCR)
- “Turkish-Kurdish cease-fire on edge as one soldier is killed” (Deutsche Welle)
- “Injured YPJ fighter: There is no ceasefire, attacks continue” (Kurdish media)
- “PKK/YPG terrorists violate safe zone deal 20 times” (Turkey media)
- “Fighting continues along Turkish-Syrian border despite US-brokered pause in hostilities” (Rojava Information Center, pro-Kurdish media)
- “US Responsible for Turkey’s “Ethnic Cleansing Op.” against Kurds: SDF Commander” (Kurdish media)
- “YPG burns hospital, steals equipment in recently liberated Syrian town” (Turkish media)
- “14 attacks by YPG recorded in first 36hrs of ceasefire” (Turkish media)
- “YPG/PKK terrorists use Daesh footage for disinformation” (Turkish media)
- “Turkey condemns Amnesty International’s claims on anti-terror op in Syria” (Turkish media)
- ” We totally reject the unfounded allegations in Amnesty International’s report on Operation Peace Spring. We consider these baseless allegations as part of an ongoing smear campaign against our efforts in countering the terror threat stemming from Syria and aiming at Turkey’s national security …” (TUR Foreign Ministry)
- “US defense secretary says withdrawal of troops from Syria will take ‘weeks not days’ ” (CNN)
- “Defense chief: US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq” (Associated Press)
- “Kurdish General Slams U.S.-Syria Policy; Gen. Petraeus Calls Withdrawal ‘A Betrayal’ ” (National Public Radio)
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