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US 'War on Terror' Has Killed Over 801,000 People at Cost of $6.4 Trillion
A U.S. Army soldier fires an M4 carbine rifle
Kurds Strike Deal With Syrian Government to Battle Turkey's Offensive After Trump Orders Evacuation of Remaining US Troops
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Syrian protesters marched in the northern town of Hasakeh on Oct. 12
"About 130,000 people have been displaced in Syria... with at least 60 civilian casualties in Syria and 18 dead in Turkey."
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'Terrifying and Totally Predictable': Pentagon Confirms US Forces in Syria Came Under Turkish Artillery Fire
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Two U.S. soldiers
Noting Turkey's claims that this was a mistake, the U.S. peace group CodePink...
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After US Withdrawal, Turkey Announces Troops Are in Place for Planned Offensive Against Kurds in Syria
Julia Conley, staff writer
"There are huge concerns about the security ramifications this operation could...
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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends Turkey-Serbia Business Forum, in Belgrade, Serbia on October 07, 2019. (Photo: Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Just Hours After Trump Bends to Erdoğan, Reports Indicate Turkey's Bombing of Kurdish Forces Has Begun
Human Rights Defenders Condemn Iraqi Government After Security Forces Kill at Least 44 People in Anti-Corruption Protests
Following Death Threats, Human Rights Defenders Demand Israeli Authorities Stand Up for Civil Society
WATCH: Amid Extreme Anti-Refugee Push, Trump Displays Neither Interest Nor Knowledge of Asylum Seekers' Plight in Oval Office Meeting
Because 'Drums of War Are Beating,' Bernie Sanders Says Everything Must Be Done to Prevent US Attack on Iran
As Trump Signals Support for Israel's Proposed West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit 'War Crime'
As Palestinians Mark 71st Anniversary of Mass Eviction, Trump's Ambassador to Israel Claims Country Is 'On the Side of God'
Bernie Sanders Delivers Online Address: 'We Must Not Go to War With Iran'
Iran Designates US Central Command a 'Terrorist Group' Operating in the Middle East
An Israeli soldier in the Golan Heights, 2006.
No, Critics Declare in Response to Trump, Now Is Time to Give Occupied Golan Heights Back to Syria
Lawmakers Reintroduce War Powers Resolution To End Carnage in Yemen and Reclaim Congress' Constitutional Authority
Mike Pompeo's Cairo Speech Denounced as Ahistorical 'Imperial Hogwash'

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