Report: Displaced population and refugee camps

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This update covers the period 9th October - 2nd November, providing an overview of the impact of the invasion on existing IDP and refugee camps in the region, rioting and breakouts of ISIS affiliates, newly displaced populations and the humanitarian response to the crisis.

U.S.-Led Coalition Blocks Russia in Syria While Allowing Turkey to Terrorize the Kurds

Original article by  Matthew Petti, The National Interest, November 1st, 2019 Syrian Kurds are stuck between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign promise to "take the oil" and a hard place. The Trump administration is using firepower to…

Fighting persists near Turkish border in Syria safe zone, say Kurdish officials

"It's clear that Turkey has no intention of halting attacks," a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces said Thursday. Residents of the city Tal Tamr flee their homes amid renewed clashes between Turkish-backed opposition fighters and…

Turkey Says Its Forces Captured 18 Syrian Soldiers in Syria

Original article by Associated Press, October 31, 2019 Turkish soldiers patrol along a wall on the border line between Turkey and Syria, in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa province ISTANBUL -  Turkey's defense…

Syria’s defense ministry calls on SDF to join government forces

Syrian Arab Army forces outside the city of Manbij on October 14, 2019. Image: Rojava Information Center Original article by Jared Szuba, The Defense Post, October 30, 2019 The invitation came days after a senior SDC leader said her side…

Turkey’s Syria Gamble May Be a Losing Game

With Turkey’s incursion backfiring, both Moscow and the Kurds may be closer to achieving their goals in Syria than Ankara. (© rommma / Shutterstock) Original article by Raman Ghavami, October 29, 2019 On October 22, the presidents…

SDF and Coalition conduct 347 anti-ISIS raids and 476 arrests in 2019, 75% decrease since Turkish invasion

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YPG and Asayish special forces captured hundreds of sleeper cell members, in addition to thousands of ISIS members captured on the battlefield or in surrender ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported killed in a US raid near the Turkish…

Clashes Break Out in Northern Syria, Testing Turkish Truce

Syrian government forces enter Kurdish-held areas amid six-day cease-fire Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters gather near the border town of Tal Abiad, Syria, on Thursday. PHOTO: KHALIL ASHAWI/REUTERS Original article by BySune Engel…

Explainer: Shifting power-plays in North and East Syria [Updated]

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Now updated with the 22nd October Russia - Turkey Agreement. With the 13 October agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Damascus, and the 17 October ‘ceasefire’ agreement between Ankara and Washington, the geopolitical…

Desperate pleas to free women and children from Islamic State detainee camps in Syria

Original article by Livia Albeck-Ripka, The New York Times Women and children who fled the Islamic State are seen last spring in the foreigners section at the Kurdish-controlled al-Hol camp in northern Syria. Analysts say that President…