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This Week in Northern Syria

Alexander McKeever
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Conflict and politics of the Syrian-Turkish borderlands

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This Week in Northern Syria [22.2026]

May 27 - June 2: Flooding in al-Raqqah and Deir ez-Zour, Elham Ahmad visits Afrin & Sheikh Maqsoud, Gov't releases 28 YPJ detainees, and more...

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