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Focus: Syria and Turkey - Feb 22, 2017

By bartolo - Posted on 22 February 2017

Extensive efforts to solve the knots for the official launch of the fourth round of Syria peace talks at Geneva - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Syrian opposition says direct negotiations with Damascus regime necessary to reach political solution in Geneva talks - ARA News

De Mistura: Intra-Syria talks in Geneva impossible without ceasefire holding - Tasnim News Agency

Russia asks Syria to halt bombing during UN peace talks - AFP

Lavrov: Russia waiting for US to provide ‘details’ on proposed safe zones in Syria, they should be agreed with Damascus - RT News

Full text of the a new Syrian draft Constitution, proposed by Russia and presented to opposition leaders - Sputnik

More U.S. troops may be needed against ISIS in Syria, a top general says - The New York Times

Exclusive: CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack: sources - Reuters

Kurdish-Arab alliance pushes into Deir ez-Zor, expels ISIS from several villages - ARA News

Manbij Military Council: We will fight Turkish army if they attack Manbij - freerepublic.com

US coalition continues to assist SDF-led Manbij Military Council north Syria - ARA News

McCain meets Erdogan, calls for the formation of a US-Turkish partnership to solve the Syrian crisis - Middle East Monitor

Statement of SASC Chairman John McCain on meeting with Turkish President Erdogan - United States Senator John McCain

Trump critic McCain meets Saudi king - DAWN.COM

Saudi Arabia 'ready to send ground troops' to Syria - alaraby.co.uk

Dem senator asks for 'top to bottom' review of Syria policy - TheHill

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Multiple sites seized from ISIS as the Turkish Army reaches Al-Bab city centre - almasdarnews.com

Turkey Defense Minister: ‘100 Daesh fighters’ left in Syria’s Al-Bab, half of the town in the hands of Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebels - Arab News

VIDEO: Al Bab street war: Turkish Forces and Syrian rebels attack ISIS - YouTube

Turkish Defense Minister to US: Act over Syria’s Manbij or we’ll reconsider a military operation there - Hurriyet

'Turkey will not seek permission to address threats’ whether in Al-Bab, Aleppo, Raqqa in Syria or Tal Afar, Sinjar in Iraq: Presidency spokesman - aa.com

Seizing control of Syria's Al-Bab important to push for Raqqa: Turkish official - US News

Turkey wants to see FSA replace SDF in Raqqa battle - Rudaw

Claim that PYD only effective force against Daesh collapsed, says Ankara - Daily Sabah

Turkey: Send US Special Forces to northern Syria to back Syrian opposition forces - Middle East Monitor

VIDEO: Turkey's Erdogan says aims safe zone in Syria after Raqqa operation - YouTube

Turkey failed to deliver a Syrian force to take Raqqa: analysis - ARA News

Regional rivals Iran, Turkey trade barbs over Syria - AFP

Erdoğan fans an Islamic nationalism in bid to build Ottoman-style influence - Christian Science Monitor

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