US forces
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US would Continue its support to Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces - Centcom
The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced that the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces are the only capable force in northern Syria to fight the ISIS and the United States is committed to continue supporting this force.
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UN envoy urges Kurdish parties in Syria to engage in dialogue
US State Department Special Envoy to Syria Nicholas Granger is urging Kurdish parties to return to intra-Kurdish talks and resolve outstanding contentious issues between them.
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Syrian coalition and Kurdish forces attack oil-rich area east of Deir ez-Zor - report
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the coalition against ISIS and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have launched a special operation to detain suspects in the oil-rich Ziban region east of Deir ez-Zor.
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US troops, SDF hold joint military drill in eastern Syria
Members of the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State (Daesh) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) held a joint military exercise in the countryside of Syria's eastern province of Deir Ez-Zor, near the Iraqi border, Anadolu reported.
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Combat mission of US forces in Iraq would end by January 2022
The US Central Command announced in a statement the end of the US forces' combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month.
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US will install defense system at Erbil Airport, commander says
The commander of the World Coalition Forces at Erbil Airport, announced that a strong defense system will be established at the airport by the end of September to protect the coalition's base at the airport and stated that the US special forces will also leave Erbil Airport.
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US to reduce number of troops in Anbar and Erbil by end of September
Baghdad and Washington agreed on reducing the US combat troops in two military bases in Iraq by the end of September.
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Joe Biden does not want to put Kurdish issue above US ties with Ankara, analyst says
The US President Joe Biden, like all previous US administrators, does not want to confront Turkey and will not put Kurdish concerns above his ties with Turkey, a political affairs analyst told Kurdpress.
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US should warn Kurds before pulling out of Syria: representative
The United States should warn the Syrian Kurds if it makes a decision to withdraw from the country, and carry out such a pullout step by step, Syrian Democratic Council Representative in the United States and member of the Presidential Committee, Bassam Saker, told Sputnik.
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US must mediate between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces: think tank
The Atlantic Council think tank has stressed that the US needs to change its policy in Syria and work to resolve tensions between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish government.
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US presence in Syrian Kurdistan is symbolic and limited, official tells Kurdpress
The representative of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the Balkans told Kurdpress in an interview that the US troops are in Syrian Kurdistan only for political support, and the number of their forces is very limited.
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Washington to move Erbil base to Kuwait - newspaper
Sources in the Iraqi negotiating delegation revealed, on Wednesday, that Washington intends to move the Ain Al-Assad base from Al-Anbar to Jordan, and the al-Harir base from Erbil to Kuwait, as a part of withdrawing its forces from Iraq at the end of this year.
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PUK predicts US won't withdraw forces from Kurdistan Region
A Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) military advisor on Tuesday, August 3, predicted that the US forces will remain in the Kurdistan Region, even if they withdraw from central and southern Iraq because the situation in the Region is "different” for them there.
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Commander says US-led coalition fully supports SDF
A US Lieutenant General announced the anti-ISIS coalition's full support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and said that it would continue to work with the group until the return of ISIS families to their home countries.