17 killed in minibus accident in eastern Turkey

15:27, March 30, 2018

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  8 kidnapped people freed from rebels' captivity in Syria's Eastern Ghouta

  DAMASCUS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A total of eight people who were kidnapped by the rebels in the capital Damascus' Eastern Ghouta were set free on Saturday under a fresh agreement with the government, according to Xinhua reporter at the site.Syrian army soldiers fire tracer bullets into the air to celebrate their victory outside Harasta in eastern Ghouta, in Damascus,

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  Syrian army command says it has regained most of eastern Ghouta

  A man walks with his bicycle at a damaged site in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 30, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.In a televised statement,

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  Turkey's Erdogan says operations begin in Iraq's Sinjar region

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Giresun, Turkey March 25, 2018 (Photo:Reuters)President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey had begun operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK militants would withdraw from the area.“We said we would go