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Map of northeast Syria locating Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain and areas where Syrian forces are deployed, as well as the M4 highway

The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Monday as it demanded an end to the deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of Islamic State extremists.The actions came hours after Syrian regime troops returned for the first time in years to northeastern parts of the country, invited by Kurdish fighters desperate for protection as the United States pulls out.

Turkish soldiers and Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather on the northern outskirts of the Syrian city of Manbij

US President Donald Trump has authorized sanctions and imposed steel tariffs against Turkey

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The recent wave of protests was the deadliest in Iraq since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected U.S. pressure to end the offensive, pledging, "We will not step back."

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from a police van in May. He has now been ordered to appear in court in person for a hearing on October 21. violation.

Ahmad Al-Safi, a representative of Sistani, read the Shiite cleric's statement on October 4 urging Iraq to heed protesters 'before it's too late', in a televised speech

The Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, is containing some 70,000 families of IS fighters

After a week of violent protests in Iraq, hardline Shiite factions in Baghdad are looking to consolidate power, experts say.

Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on October 9, 2019 ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival

Donald Trump said the US was taking steps to prevent the escape of captured Islamic State group fighters held by Syrian Kurdish forces that are being targeted in a Turkish military operation

Civilians flee amid Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on Wednesday

Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf ahead of Arbaeen which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein

US President Donald Trump gave what was widely seen as a green light to a Turkish offensive in Syria

Former US army sergeant DeWitt Osborne, who was wounded by a bomb blast near Baghdad in 2006, points to a painting of himself by former president George W. Bush

A week of mass protests that left more than 100 people dead in Baghdad and in cities across the south have triggered a political crisis

Iraqi police deployed in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr City, on Monday

The US military has warned that, short of sustained international pressure, IS would soon have the ability to regroup

A stolen truck crashed into cars stopped at a red light in Limburg, western Germany, leaving several people injured