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Syria Conflicts Not Over, EC President Visits Turkey For Refugees
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#Issues #alAssad #Ankara #EC #Erdogan #EU #Golan #Israel #Recep #Syria #Türkiye #USA ©December 18th, 2024 ®December 18, 2024 5:44 am European Commission, EC President, Von Der Leyen on Tuesday visited Turkey President, Recep Erdogan and discussed additional €1 billion for the settlement of Syria Refugees in Turkey days after Israeli forces patrolled inside a recently-seized demilitarized zone along the border with Syria as Tel Aviv announced plans to double the number of Israelis living in the part of the Golan Heights Israel captured from Syria in 1967 with reports of hostilities between US backed Kurdish group and Turkey backed Islamist group in recent days in Kurdish towns which United Nations’ special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Tuesday there have been conflicts in Syria in last two weeks and the conflicts among the rebels if left uncontrolled, maybe catastrophic.
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European commission EC president Von
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Dean on Tuesday visited turkey president
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R adaan and disc cost additional €1
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billion e for the settlement of Syria
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refugees in Turkey days after Israeli
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forces patrolled inside a recently since
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the militarized Zone along the border
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with Syria as announced plans to double
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the number of Israelis living in the
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parts of the goldan heights Israel
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captured from Syria in 1967 with reports
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of hostilities between us B cage group
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and talking about islamist group in
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recent days in codish towns which United
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Nations special empoy for Syria Gia
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kerson said on Tuesday there have been
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conflicts in Syria in last two weeks and
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the conflicts among the rebels if left
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uncontrolled maybe
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catastrophic European Commission in a
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news release on Tuesday reported that
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the commission president visited turkey
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and discuss additional €1 billion e for
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2024 to support turkey's efforts to host
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Syria ref refugees the news release
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rates in details does thank you
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president edaan for your warm welcome to
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anara today let me start with our
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discussion on Syria the collapse of the
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Assad regime offers New Hope to the
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Syrian people but it equally comes with
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risks the situation on the ground
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remains extremely volatile so we are
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closely monitoring the
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developments the Syrian people deserve a
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peaceful transition one that preserves
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their country's territorial integrity
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and sovereignty one that upholds state
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institutions and one that reflects the
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aspirations of the Syrian people in all
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their
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diversity so it means that National
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Unity must be respected and minorities
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must be protected this is aligned with
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the principles agreed by the foreign
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ministers meeting in akaba Europe is
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ready to do its part to support Syria at
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this critical juncture allow me to
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mention some points where the European
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Union will be active right away our top
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Diplomat returns to Damascus we already
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have a European presence in Damascus
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through our humanitarian teams indeed we
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have always maintained our presence in
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Syria to support those in need while
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respecting the principles of no contact
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no cooperation no funding to the Assad
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regime but now we have to step up and
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continue our direct engagement with HTS
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and other factions we will enhance our
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engagement in early recovery including
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basic services like electricity and
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water and
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infrastructure we have increased our
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humanitarian air to more than €60
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million for this year alone and we have
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launched a humanitarian air bridge and
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the first goods are expected to arrive
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this week Europe is already Syria's
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biggest donor since 2011 our annual
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Syria conferences have mobilized over 33
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billion e we must continue this support
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with a new focus on reconstruction this
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will be a stepbystep approach and we
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would need to start a discussion on
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sanctions relief but this can only
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happen if real progress on a peaceful
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transition is seen on the ground indeed
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the fall of the Assad regime gives hope
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to the Syrian people they hope of
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returning to their homes and rebuilding
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their lives it is the most natural
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feeling there is however the lack of
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predictability demands utmost caution
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therefore one thing is very clear all
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returns must be voluntary self and
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dignified we are working with un HCR to
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make sure that the necessary conditions
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are met president edaan to has essential
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role to play in stabilizing the region
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together we must also remain Vigilant
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against terrorism the risk of a dis
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Resurgence particularly in eastern Syria
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is real we cannot let this happen tur's
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legitimate security concerns must be
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addressed at the same time it is
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important to allow all syrians including
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all minorities to be safe today we also
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discussed the relationship between
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turkey and the European Union our
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relationship is as rich as it is complex
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but one is clear it is moving forward
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for good reasons one of my first travels
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at the beginning of my second mandate
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brings me here to anara our economic
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relationship is stronger than ever the
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numbers speak for themselves thread
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between us hit a record high of €26
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billion e last year
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the European Union is Tokyo's largest
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trade and investment partner Our
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intention is to strengthen this further
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we launched a new highlevel Dialogue on
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trade last June and we will now start a
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highlevel dialogue on the economy and we
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are also exploring opportunities for
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renewed engagement with the European
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Investment Bank in Turkey I also look
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forward to resuming discussions on a
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modernized customs Union we both have a
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lot to again here however as we
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discussed progress will require stronger
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efforts specifically we need to address
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a number of Trad barriers I asked my
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commissioner Maru seov to work on this
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immediately together with you we also
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discussed the need to prevent the
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circumvention of our sanctions against
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Russia and of course it is also
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important to reestablish talks with
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Cyprus within the UN framework I want to
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acknowledge that toy has consistently
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shouldered the responsibility of Hosting
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millions of Syrian refugees over the
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years and we have stood by you in this
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effort since 2011 the EU has provided
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nearly 10 billion e to support refugees
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and the hosting efforts of local
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communities I am very pleased to
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announce today that an additional €1
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billion e for 2024 is on its way this
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will support our among others health
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care and education of refugees in toy it
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will continue to contribute to migration
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and Border management including
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voluntary returns of Syrian refugees and
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as things evolve on the ground we can
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adapt this 1 billion EOS to the new
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needs that might occur in Syria turkia
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continues to be a key partner in
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managing migration along the Eastern
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Mediterranean route it is crucial that
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we work together on our sh short
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priorities and deepen our cooperation on
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Border management the fight against
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migrant smuggling and on visas there is
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a lot of work ahead of us and I look
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forward to continuing our good
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cooperation both in supporting a Syrian
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Le and Syrian own political transition
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and indepenent the relationship between
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tury as a candidate country and the
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European
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Union together we can achieve a lot for
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our people for the region and Beyond
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European commission news release ends in
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quote rors on Tuesday reported that an
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international war crimes prosecutors
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said evidence from Mass GS in Syria
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exposed a state run Machinery of death
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under toold leader Bashar alassad with
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over 100,000 tortured and murdered since
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2013 speaking after visiting two Mass
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grave sites in the towns of CA and nja
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near Damascus former US War crime
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Ambassador at large Steven rap told
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roters we certainly have more than
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100,000 people that were disappeared
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into and tortured to death in this
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machine I don't have much doubt about
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those kinds of numbers given what we've
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seen in this Mass Graves we really
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haven't seen anything quite like this
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since the Nazis said R Who Le
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prosecutions at the r and s Leon war
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crimes tribunals and is working with
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Syrian Civil Society to document War
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crimes evidence and is helping to
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prepare for any eventual trials from the
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secret police who disappeared people
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from their streets and homes to the
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jealous and interrogators who sted and
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tortured them to death to the truck
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drivers and bulldozer drivers who hit
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their bodies thousands of people were
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working in the system of killing rap
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said adding we are talking about a
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system of St Terror which became a
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Machinery of death AFP also reported on
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Tuesday that a un enoy has warned that
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serious protracted conflict has not
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ended yet even as Victorious islamist
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LED Rebels stepped up contact with
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governments that deemed outed president
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Bashar Al Assad
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aarah Assad fled Syria just over a week
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ago following a lightning offensive
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spearheaded by the islamist ha here Alam
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HTS more than 13 years after his
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Crackdown on Democracy protest princip
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Ed one of the deadliest Wars of the
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century however the United Nations
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special enoy for Syria gu Pon said on
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Tuesday there have been significant
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hostilities in the last two weeks before
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a six fire was broker I am seriously
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concerned about reports of military
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escalation such an escalation could be
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catastrophic said pedon referring to
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fighting between the US B colish Syrian
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Democratic forces SDF and Turkish backed
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groups who have captured several codish
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towns in recent weeks Washington later
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announced it had brokered an extension
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to the cire in the flash point town of
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Mage and was seeking a broader
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understanding with anara the Mage truce
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is extended through the end of the week
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and we will obviously look to see that
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six fire extended as far as possible
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into the future State Department
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spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters
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that came amid fails of an assault by
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toi on the cotage held Border Town of
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kubani also known as an Al Arab SDF
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leader muslum Abdi proposed in a post on
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social media platform ex the
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establishment of a demilitarized zone in
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kuani on the US
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supervision Washington regards the SDF
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as an important alley in its war against
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the Islamic State group in Syria
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although the new Damascus authorities
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have made clear their opposition to
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continued codish self-rule in the
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Northeast the HTS military Chief said in
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an AFP interview on Tuesday that codish
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held areas of Syria would be integrated
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under the country's new leadership the
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Kish people are one of the components of
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the Syrian people Syria will not be
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divided and there will be no federal
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entities said MF Abu kazra known by his
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n de gore Abu Hassan Al hamawi Abu kazra
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also called on the International
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Community to find a solution to repeated
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Israeli strikes on Military targets and
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its incursion into the UN patroled
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buffer zone on the Goan Heights Israel
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has carried out hundreds of strikes on
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Syrian military assets since assets
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overthrow in what it says is a bid to
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prevent them falling into hostile hands
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Israeli troops also occupied strategic
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positions in in a un patrolled buffer
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zone in a move un Chief Antonio gues
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described as a breach of the 1974 amses
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Israeli defense minister Israel cart
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said prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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held a security briefing on Tuesday on
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Mountain hamon Syria's highest peak one
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of the areas of the buffer zone that
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Israel seized this month Netanyahu
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visited outposts at the summit of
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Mountain Harmon for the first time since
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they were seized by the mil
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Kat's office said AFP report ends in
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