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Donald Trump claims 'big success on the Turkey/Syria border' and lifts ALL sanctions on Turkey

Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire his administration negotiated last week on the Turkish-Syrian border is intact, even as more blood is spilled in northern Syria.




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Father of Anna Campbell who died fighting Islamic State ISIS in Syria wants to bring remains to UK

Anna Campbell, 26, originally from Lewes, East Sussex, died fighting alongside Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Afrin after it was hit by an air strike in March 2018.




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Erdogan warns the 'gates of Europe' will open to Syrian refugees 'when the time comes'

In a provocative speech in Ankara, Erdogan (pictured today) savaged Western powers for refusing to take in millions of refugees and threatened to send to Europe to 'see how they deal with it'.




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ISIS seizes control of prison camp in Syria after Turkish invasion

The Kurdish forces who were guarding the al-Hol camp (pictured) have been distracted by the Turkish offensive and hundreds of guards have been pulled away.




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Turkey's Erdogan moves to sue French magazine Le Point

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly taken legal action against French magazine Le Point which branded him 'The Eradicator'.




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Donald Trump endorses ethnic cleansing of Kurds saying they are leaving 'Safe Zone' for other areas

President Donald Trump said Turkey knows not to fire on Kurds who are leaving parts of Syria for 'fairly nearby areas' following an invasion by Turkey.




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Jim Mattis's clashes with President Trump are revealed in book by former secretary of defense's aide

Jim Mattis's speechwriter Guy Snodgrass details his clashes with Trump in, Holding The Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon With Secretary Mattis, obtained by DailyMail.com ahead of its publication next week.




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Ex special forces soldier insists Donald Trump was RIGHT to withdraw troops from northern Syria

Gold Star husband Joe Kent said the US only partnered with Syrian Kurds to defeat ISIS and insists America now has 'absolutely nothing to gain' from being in the region.




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ISIS brides desperate to return to Australia promise to obey strict controls if they can come home

The restrictions mean that Australian women and anyone over 14 in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria would be told who they can and can't associate with, banned from social media and meet curfews.




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Anjem Choudary's bodyguard who became an ISIS executioner is killed in Syria

Mohammed Reza Haque, known as the Jihadi Giant due to his 6ft 6in frame, fled the UK in 2014 and survived until the final days of the so-called IS 'caliphate' before he was killed in Syria.




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President Erdogan redoubles threat that he'll flood Europe with millions of refugees

Erdogan made the threats today by saying: 'If there is no support for the projects we are developing for between one and two million refugees, we will have no option but to open our doors.'




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Mercenaries could be drafted in to extract three British orphans from Syria

Initial plans to use UK special forces to repatriate the children of a dead Islamic State fighter were met with strong resistance from the Cabinet, prompting a Foreign Office rethink.




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Pete Davidson plays terrorist who thanks Trump for 'making ISIS great again' in SNL cold open

Alec Baldwin returned to the program to play the Commander-in-chief in the sketch, which took place at a fictional Trump rally in New Mexico.




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Just 14 British jihadis and one bride have been convicted of fighting for ISIS in Syria

Figures from government ministers reveal that around 40 fighters have been convicted of terror acts - but most of those were crimes committed on British soil.




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Donald Trump boasts that al-Baghdadi strike is bigger than Obama's hit on Osama bin Laden

Donald Trump has boasted that the U.S. military raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that led to his death is a bigger triumph that Barack Obama's strike against Osama bin Laden.




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Scott Morrison says the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a blow for terror group

US President Donald Trump has given a detailed account of how al-Baghdadi was chased by special forces and army dogs before getting trapped in a tunnel during the raid in Syria.




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Sarah Huckabee Sanders knocks Mitt Romney's criticism of Donald Trump

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is no fan of Sen. Mitt Romney's criticism of her ex-boss, President Trump.




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James Foley's mother is 'grateful' to Trump and troops for ISIS leader Abu al-Baghdadi death

Diane Foley thanked Donald Trump via the James Foley Foundation page after the president announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Sunday from Washington DC. 




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JOHN R. BRADLEY examines likely impact of the death of ISIS leader

JOHN R. BRADLEY: He may have been the world's most wanted terrorist and the supremo of global jihad, but Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was all but a mythical figure to those hunting him.




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British ISIS victims' families salute death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Charlotte Coleman, who daughter, Olivia (pictured), died in the Manchester Arena attack of 2017 has praised US soldiers after they cornered the ISIS leader and he detonated his own suicide vest.




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Photo of Trump watching strike on ISIS leader sparks suspicion

Pete Souza, an outspoken critic of Trump, tweeted the photo and noted that the timestamp indicated it was taken at 17.05pm on Saturday - over 90 minutes after the 3.30pm raid reportedly took place.




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ISIS documents found at Syrian compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died

President Donald Trump revealed that U.S. troops had recovered 'highly sensitive material' during the night-time raid in Syria which ended when the jihadist leader blew himself up with a suicide vest.




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Trump says he did not share operation to raid ISIS with Congress

Donald Trump said Sunday morning he didn't inform Nancy Pelosi in advance of the U.S. operation to raid ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's lair in Syria.




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Trump faces renewed backlash for 'abandoning' the Kurds in Syria

The U.S. military operation to strike ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a success despite challenges posed by Donald Trump when he threatened to withdraw troops from Syria.




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Former US Nato commander warns ISIS will accelerate planned attacks after the death of its leader

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid Saturday in Syria. Retired admiral James Stavridis expects Christmas markets 'to be a rich target'.




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Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden has a message for dead ISIS leader al-Baghdadi

After President Trump announced Sunday morning that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'died like a dog' in an overnight raid Robert J. O'Neill took to Twitter to bid adieu to the ISIS leader.




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Trump calls Schiff 'the biggest leaker' as reason he refused to tell Dems about al-Baghdadi raid

Donald Trump charged Adam Schiff with being the 'biggest leaker in Washington,' claiming this as the reason he did not share plans of the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout with Congress.




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Security is tightened at ISIS prison camps in Syria after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death

Kurdish guards are 'on high alert' today as they prepare for possible riots or attacks on the prison camps where thousands of ISIS supporters are being held (one of the prisons in Syria is seen above).




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Trump watched drone video not body cam footage of al-Baghdadi operation so 'didn't see him whimper'

Trump described Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as 'whimpering and crying and screaming' when he killed himself in his Syrian compound. But the president did not have live video or audio footage.




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Kentucky special forces commander who helped lead al-Baghdadi mission

Lieutenant General Scott Howell, of Cadiz, Kentucky, has been credited with helping plan and lead the dramatic raid to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria on Saturday night.




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Donald Trump says he is considering releasing footage of the raid which killed Baghdadi 

Donald Trump said on Monday he may release the footage of the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi amid questions about his description of it.




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Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria 'jeopardised' Baghdadi mission

Despite knowing US intelligence was closing in on a location for Baghdadi, President Trump still ordered US troops to be withdrawn from the volatile region of northern Syria earlier this month.




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Military's top officer says he CANNOT confirm Trump's account of al-Baghdadi 'whimpering'

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley couldn't confirm President Trump's account of how ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was 'whimpering' before he died.




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Death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unveils 'significant intelligence' for Australia

Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said sensitive information was found when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by US forces in Syria on Sunday.




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Relieved mother of James Foley reveals Trump phoned her after the al-Baghdadi raid

James Foley's mother has said that President Trump phoned her after the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid on Sunday that killed the ISIS leader to personally inform her the terror leader was dead.




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US forces raid Syrian town of Jarablus and 'detain a family of Iraqi origin'

Footage circulated on social media this evening purports to show a helicopter raid by US special forces that took place in the border town of Turkish-controlled Jarablus.




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Captured confidant of al-Baghdadi helped lead Delta Force to ISIS leader

Mohammed Ali Sajet, one of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's closest confidants, provided key information that led U.S. forces to the ISIS leader's compound in Syria.




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Informant on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi even had his dirty underwear for DNA testing

Kurdish intelligence operatives who supervised the informant passed the intelligence on to American forces before they raided Baghdadi's safe house in Syria on Saturday




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Parents of Steven Sotloff speak out after al-Baghdadi's death

Steven Sotloff, a 31-year-old freelance journalist taken hostage in Syria in 2013, was murdered on camera the following year by the ISIS militant notoriously known as Jihadi John.




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ISIS defector INSIDE al-Baghdadi's Syrian compound

The mole, a man of unidentified nationality, was actually inside al-Baghdadi's Syrian compound when U.S. Delta Forces raided it and killed the terror leader on Saturday.




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Thousands of EU prisoners may have been radicalised as Islamist militants, security chief warns

Julian King (pictured in Brussels) said there were more than 1,000 people being held on terror charges and said that others imprisoned for unrelated crimes may also have been radicalised.




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We just want to bring our brave girl's body home

Anna Campbell, 26, from Sussex, died in a missile strike in Northern Syria last year. Her father Dirk, 68, and sister Hester, 39, shared the pain of being unable to give her the dignity of a funeral.




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Man 'was stabbed to death in drug deal gone wrong' after his brothers died in Syria

Abdul Deghayes, 22, was stabbed at least eight times 'in revenge for an earlier robbery' in Brighton, East Sussex, Hove Crown Court heard today.




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Syrian refugee who aced Year 12 exams becomes an Australian citizen

Saad Al-Kassab, now 22, made nation headlines in 2016 after scoring am ATAR or 96.65 and being named dux of his Catholic school in Melbourne. He had fled from Syria two years earlier.




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The news images of the year: Brexit anger, Hong Kong protests and Theresa May's tearful goodbye

Getty Images have published their annual News Images Of The Year - a poignant collection of photographs from politics (pictured), war zones and current affairs in 2019.




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Just what is the truth about the brutal end of quiet British hero James Le Mesurier? 

GUY ADAMS and NEIL SEARS: Barely three days after the Kremlin publicly accused him of being an MI6 spy, the dashing 48-year-old father of two was found dead in a street in downtown Istanbul.




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Donald Trump boasts he and Turkish strongman Erdogan 'have been friends for a long time'

Trump's warm welcome of the Turkish president comes amid anger about Ankara's offensive into Syria to drive out a Kurdish militia, Washington's main partner in the fight against ISIS.




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Erdogan lashes out at Congress for recognizing Armenian genocide

Turkey's leader became a problematic guest - denying Armenian Genocide occurred, demanding the U.S. hand over an Islamic cleric, and complaining America's Kurdish allies are terrorists




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Turkey's Recep Erodgan says he gave Donald Trump BACK notorious 'Don't be a tough guy' letter

President Donald Trump stood alongside Recep Tayyip Erdogan and listened during a joint press conference in the East Room as he described returning the letter.




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Marcello Lippi resigns from position as China boss following defeat against Syria

China's first defeat in Group A left them five points behind Syria only halfway through the group stage of Asian qualifying. Marcello Lippi had only returned to the role in May this year.