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Turkey Claims To Have Won A Key Syrian Border Town From Kurdish Forces

5:44pm October 12, 2019

Heading into a fourth day of military attacks on northern Syria, Turkish officials say forces have captured Ras al-Ayn and several surrounding villages. But reports indicate fighting continues.

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on Friday amid Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces.

Pentagon Says U.S. Troop Position In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion

10:57pm October 11, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

A spokesman says all U.S. troops are accounted for with no injuries. U.S. officials say they oppose Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria.

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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, where a hospital was shuttered because of the fighting.

Health & Safety

Turkey's Invasion of Syria Worsens A Humanitarian Crisis

5:52pm October 11, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

A front-line hospital was abandoned Friday as up to 100,000 people fled Turkey's ground and air offensive.

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, smoke billows from a fire inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces on Wednesday.

Civilians Flee As Turkish Forces Strike Kurds In Northern Syria

8:37pm October 10, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The attack that began Wednesday has uprooted civilians in the area. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insists that the Trump administration did not "greenlight" the incursion.

Politics & Government

As Other Republicans Criticize President On Syria, Tillis Supports Trump

9:39am October 10, 2019

by Steve Harrison, WFAE

As Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish forces on its border with Syria on Wednesday, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis said he's backing Trump's decision to pull

A Turkish army officer prepares to unload a tank from a truck to its new position on the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, on Tuesday.

World News

Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border

2:48pm October 09, 2019

The incursion comes after the White House announced that U.S. forces would stand aside as Turkey launched the military operation in Northern Syria.

Rev. Franklin Graham's 'Decision America' Tour Comes To Greensboro

4:47pm October 08, 2019

by Paul Garber

Rev. Franklin Graham is bringing his “Decision America” Tour to Greensboro on October 9.

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U.S. allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces say the White House's decision to pull troops from the Syria-Turkey border has left them without hope. Here, a U.S. soldier is seen during a joint patrol with Turkish troops on Friday.

'Shocking': Trump Is Criticized For Pulling Troops From Syrian Border

7:30pm October 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Kurdish allies of the U.S. say the president's decision is "shocking." Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump is doing "EXACTLY what President Obama did in Iraq with even more disastrous consequences."

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, in March after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants.

In Major Policy Shift, U.S. Will Stand Aside As Turkish Forces Extend Reach In Syria

1:14pm October 07, 2019

by Scott Neuman

A White House statement late Sunday said Turkey would soon go ahead with a military operation in the country's Kurdish-dominated north and that U.S. forces "will no longer be in the immediate area."

Omar Alshogre, a Syrian refugee who was tortured as a political prisoner in Syria, now lives in Sweden. He has framed photos of men who he says tortured him that he keeps upside down.

World News

How Europe Has Become The Epicenter For Syrian War Crimes Cases

5:08pm September 24, 2019

by Deborah Amos

An unprecedented legal battle against the regime is playing out in European courts, where large refugee communities and prosecutors can bring cases even for suspected crimes committed abroad.