AANES rejects Damascus decision to exclude Kurdish areas from elections

The Autonomous Administration claimed that holding the elections in this state is “an attempt to marginalize and exclude nearly half of Syrians from this process."

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Syria postpones elections in minority strongholds, citing lack of state control

The electoral process in Suwayda, Hasakah, and Raqqa, the former two which fall under the administration of Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (DAANES) and the latter which contains a Druze majority, will be postponed.

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ISIS suicide bombing in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor kills police officer

An attack by Islamic State (ISIS) militants at a security checkpoint in Maydaeen left one member of the security forces dead.

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US-led coalition kills alleged ISIS leader in Syria’s Idlib

The operation targeted Salah Numan, an ISIS leader in Syria and Iraqi national, whom Syrian state TV dubbed one of the most dangerous wanted individuals for his involvement in activating and directing ISIS cells inside Syria.”

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Two security personnel killed in Syrian coastal city

There have been different accounts about how the incident occurred

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Kurdish forces in Syria capture 12 ISIS-linked suspects in Deir ez-Zor

“During the campaign, participating forces fully swept the town and captured 12 wanted individuals and suspects linked to ISIS sleeper cells," a statement by the Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) Deir ez-Zor Military Council read.

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‘We are not fools’: Turkish FM warns SDF to change policy

“We do not see any positive developments in Syria that would inspire confidence or indicate that the organization has eliminated the threat of armed action, neither after March 10 nor after the process in Turkey," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.

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Syrian defense ministry accuses SDF of Aleppo military base infiltrations

Damascus accused Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) affiliates on infiltration attempts on military bases in east Aleppo's Tal Maaz area, with the ensuing clashes resulting in the death of a Syrian soldier.

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Iraq to study exporting oil through Syria’s Baniyas

The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria has restarted the discourse over a potential revival of the Kirkuk-Baniyas oil pipeline.

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