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Turkey warns of potential increased air strikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq after Ankara attack

Railway track to transport Thar coal to be completed by March

Syrian government seeks to revive a moribund economy ravaged by almost nine years of war

Despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for de-escalation, scores of civilians have been killed

Around 6.5 million people in Syria are food insecure, or lack access to sufficient nutritious food

Turkish observation point in the town of Morek was encircled by Syrian regime forces in August this year

The war in Syria has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it erupted in 2011

Two men unload dozens of long metal poles from a small truck, stacking them on the ground

Operation has seen the Turkish army occupy a strip spanning some 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the border

After regime troops deploy along parts of Syria's NE border to help stave off the Turkish offensive

The deadly incursion killed hundreds and caused 300,000 people to flee their homes

Turkish foreign ministry rejects the accusations saying it wants refugees to return in a safe and honourable manner

As Russian forces begin patrolling the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier

While a group of senators push for US visa for the Kurdish leader to enable a visit to Washington

The offensive has killed dozens of civilians, mainly on the Kurdish side

He says that Trump's decision to withdraw US troops would help Washington's foes and hurt its allies

Kurdish forces are required to withdraw from a border strip 32 kilometres deep

Following two days of increased bombing by Damascus and its Russian ally on militant-dominated Idlib province

Assures the Kurdish envoys of French support in their fight against the remaining IS militants

Denying reports the militant enclave had fallen

After pausing offensive multiple times for thousands of dust-covered women, children and men to flee

As US-backed forces press ahead with an offensive to crush holdout militants

SDF face landmines, car bombs, tunnel ambushes and suicide attacks

More than 10,000 people vacate Baghouz for SDF-held territory

As US-backed Syrian forces launch assault on last IS redoubt

A statement released by Kurdish authorities says they were men who "have no Syrian blood on their hands"

SDF resumes their advance after plucking a last batch of civilians from Baghouz

As women arrive in droves at a screening point controlled by the US-backed SDF near the Iraqi border

Hundreds of people including women and children trucked out of the last patch of IS territory

After a pause of more than a week to allow civilians to flee

The 19-year-old flees the militants' last bastion in eastern Syria

Says military operations against the Islamic State group are wrapping up

IS militants launched counterattacks against SDF, taking advantage of poor visibility due to bad weather

500 Islamic State fighters burst out of the fog shrouding the area

US-led coalition forces supported SDF in fending off the Islamic State attack

Seven militants were killed in the attack, which ended at dawn after clashes near the barracks

Human trafficking possibly powered by state funds used by armed groups reveals UN report

SDF said over 3,000 civilians had left as part of a deal negotiated between Raqa Civil Council and Syrian IS fighters

Any tentative move towards re-militarisation would trigger alarm bells in China and the Koreas

Head of the Deir al-Zor military council said assault might begin "within several weeks"

The SDF has captured just under 60 percent of Raqa city since it entered in June

The coalition estimates that around 2,500 besieged militants are defending the city

The Iraqi military believes that there are just a few hundred jihadists left in Mosul

The battle for Raqa is the SDF's flagship offensive, with heavy backing from coalition air strikes and weapons

However, Syrian Democratic Forces has not been able to fully clear the militants out of the city or the adjacent dam

The assault began when SDF forces and their US-led coalition allies were airlifted behind IS lines

More than 320,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began with anti-government demonstrations