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A US soldier sits atop an armored vehicle during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds in the town of Ras al-Ain shortly before the Turkish invasion in October 2019

South Koreans Worried As Trump 'Abandons' Kurds, Post-WW2 Asia Alliance Feels The Tremors

Opinions will vary widely as to if President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria is an “abandonment” of Kurdish fighters in Syria or is a move to “set things straight” with the Turks. The situation has South Koreans worried that Trump might make a similar move in their country, where nearly 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed, leaving them vulnerable to attacks from North Korea.
The ethnically divided Kurdish-held border town of Ras al-Ain is one of the key targets of Turkey's nearly week-old invasion and has ome under heavy bombardment

Syrian Kurds Defend Key Town As Pence, Pompeo Sent To Press Turkey

Kurdish fighters battled to defend a key Syrian border town from Turkish-backed forces in a flare-up of violence Tuesday as US President Donald Trump sent his vice president and top diplomat to Ankara to demand a ceasefire.Russia, already the key foreign power in Syria, stepped into the void caused by Trump's withdrawal of US troops by deploying patrols to prevent clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces.
Fellow astronauts took turns to pay tribute to Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

Russia Bids Farewell To First Man Who Walked In Space

Hundreds of people including Russian and US astronauts and top officials bid farewell Tuesday to Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk.Thomas Stafford, an 89-year-old retired NASA astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu were among those gathered outside Moscow to pay their last respects to the Soviet space icon.
A Syrian regime soldier waves the national flag in the town of Tal Tamr as Damascus deploys forces towards the Turkish border

US Slaps Sanctions On Turkey As Syrian Regime Returns To North

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.
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NASA Asteroid 2019: 144-Foot NEO Flies By Earth On Tuesday

An asteroid rapidly moving towards Earth has been detected by NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS.) Based on the size of the approaching asteroid, there’s a chance it might explode in the air if it ends up hitting Earth.

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