Kurds leave besieged Syria border town

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  • Turkey has said that Kurdish fighters were withdrawing from the border town of Ras al-Ain under an agreement brokered with the United States
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  • The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces withdrew fully from the Turkish-besieged border town of Ras al-Ain in northern Syria Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said.
  • On Sunday, more than 70 U.S. armoured vehicles escorted by helicopters drive past the northern Syrian town of Tal Tamr carrying military equipment.
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The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 21st Oct 2019