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Members of the special forces of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pictured during preparations to join the front against Turkish forces, on October 10, 2019

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Trump Says 'It's Fine' If Syria Gets Help From Russia, Claims Kurds 'are No Angels'

German-made Turkish Leopard 2A4 battle tanks are stationed in a field near the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province on 25 January 2018, as part of operation Olive Branch.

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United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

US House Votes to Condemn Trump's Troop Withdrawal, Turkish Incursion in Syria

Copies of the book titled Permanent Record by US former CIA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden are for sale on the sidelines of a video conference in that he spoke about the book on September 17, 2019 in Berlin

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A Turkish military vehicle returns after a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Akcakale, Turkey, September 8, 2019

Trump Says Kurdish Group PKK Is Worse Than Daesh

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A group of students enrolled in the US Naval Academy who follow the teachings of the Satanic Temple recently triggered some collective eyebrow-raising after it was revealed that they were looking to hold Satanic study sessions on campus.
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Major Japanese Newspaper Urges Russia to ‘Admit’ Soviet-Japanese War of 1945 Was a ‘Mistake’
The USSR joined the Western Allies’ war against Japan in the late summer of 1945, smashing the million-man strong Kwangtung Army in just two weeks in an operation which Western historiographers have come to dub ‘August Storm’.
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'Rules Must Be Broken': Greta Thunberg Slams Police Ban on London Climate Protests
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The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that rocked Central California near Tres Pinos Tuesday afternoon appears to have occurred along a section of the San Andreas Fault, called the “creeping section,” which is not historically known for producing earthquakes.
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Le Figaro Deputy Editor Sparks Debate After Saying He Has Right to ‘Hate Islam’
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