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Focus: Syria - Mar 20, 2017


By bartolo - Posted on 20 March 2017

 

Syrian Kurdish YPG aims to expand force to over 100,000 - Reuters


YPG to receive training from Russia in Afrin under new agreement, says spokesman - Rudaw


Text of YPG Spokesman Redur Xelil's statement on agreement made with Russia in relation to Afrin - syria.liveuamap.com


Statement by the Russian Defense Ministry on the agreement with the Kurds; it denies the deployment of a new military base near Afrin - Aron Lund on Twitter


US received no notification on Russian presence in Syria's Afrin: Pentagon - Sputnik


US-backed Kurdish forces seized Karamah town East of Raqqah - southfront.org


SDF liberating train station 18 KM east Raqqa city. - syria.liveuamap.com


SDF-YPG liberated village Cerqa and Tal Fatisah hill - syria.liveuamap.com


SDF has liberated Muhammadiyah water pumping station located 15 km east of the city of Raqqa from ISIS terrorists - Afarin Mamosta on Twitter


Syrian Kurds say ready to take part in Commission on Constitution elaboration - Sputnik


Turkey won't accept 'region of terror' in northern Syria, deputy PM says in comments appearently aimed at a Syrian-Kurdish militia - Daily Mail Online


Turkish Red Crescent to boost aid projects for Syria’s al-Bab - Daily Sabah


US-led coalition conducts 18 strikes in Raqqa as SDF entered city's limits - Sputnik


4,000 USD a reward for IS militants, for killing an American soldier in the battle of Raqqa – #SOHR

 

Al-Qaeda order: 'Do not consult anybody to kill Americans' - pjmedia.com


Pentagon assessing reports of civilian deaths after airstrike in Syria - TheHill


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Syrian army retakes Damascus areas captured by rebels - usatoday.com


Syrian warplanes annihilate militant supply lines East of Damascus - Sputnik


A look at the insurgent groups who launched new offensive in outskirts of Damascus - FDD's Long War Journal


Battle in east Damascus accumulates highest death toll this year, as 100+ Syrian soldiers and jihadist rebels were killed in under 24 hours - almasdarnews.com


Rebels launched a surprise attack through secret tunnels leading to the government-held Old City in Damascus - RT


Why liberation of Damascus’ district Jobar is an important step in eradicating terrorists - Sputnik


On video uploaded online on Mar. 17, the leader of al Qaeda’s joint venture in Syria promised to ‘escalate’ operations - FDD's Long War Journal


Government forces capture Al-Qusayr village and train station south of Deir Hafer - southfront.org


Syrian Army attempts to encircle ISIS in Deir Hafer, east Aleppo - almasdarnews.com


ISIS left with one way out of east Aleppo stronghold Deir Hafer - almasdarnews.com


Russian, Syrian jets conduct over 100 airstrikes above east Aleppo: Al-Amaq - almasdarnews.com


VIDEO: Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitary group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba releases video of group operations in Eastern Aleppo - southfront.org


Syrian rebels, civilians leave Homs under new Russian deal - Rudaw


VIDEO: Syrian Army liberates new territory in northern Palmyra - almasdarnews.com


Syrian Army besieged in Aleppo after ISIL cuts off important highway - almasdarnews.com


Islamic State intercepts aid airdropped over Deir Ezzor (PHOTOS) - almasdarnews.com


Syria to consider any military op without gov't approval as invasion, 'whether to liberate Raqqa or any other place': Assad - Sputnik


Full text of Assad statement to Russian media: we are ready to discuss anything including constitution, defending borders is our right - Syrian Arab News Agency


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