Syria, Kurdish forces
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Syria’s leader brokered a ceasefire with US-backed Kurdish forces after capturing most of Syria’s Kurdish-held north-east region in a rapid offensive. Videos showed Syrian soldiers riding in captured US Humvees on Sunday and toppling statues as they advanced across the Euphrates river,
Government forces have seized a strategic town in eastern Syria, intensifying their push against Kurdish-led forces east of the Euphrates River.
The Syrian army continued its push into Kurdish-held territory on Saturday, despite U.S. calls to halt its advance in towns in the area in Syria's north.
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Syrian military tells civilians to evacuate contested area east of Aleppo amid rising tensions
Syria’s military has announced it will open a “humanitarian corridor” for civilians to evacuate from an area in Aleppo province.