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Daesh attacked Al-Katef neighborhood in Al-Bukamal city in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside with mortar shells.

A woman was injured when an artillery bombardment hit the village of Bassala, south of Idlib.

PKK media official tells Sputnik that PKK will respond to Turkish attack on Kurdish areas in northern Syria by escalating operations inside Turkey.

Another Daesh SVBIED captured.

Syria: National Army seized a car bomb in Jarablus (N. Aleppo) and arrested several people including the drivers + 3rd person. Car was later blown up outside the town.

Saif Abu Bakr of FSA al-Hamza Division of Syrian National Army 2nd Legion announces the faction received training and military equipment to fight against the YPG, @baladinetwork reports that 200 fighters graduated for the East Euphrates battle

Salih Muslim: We do not know what is going on between the US and Turkey but Afrin was bombed with NATO bombs

US Ambassador Jeffrey says Iran forces needs to leave Syria: "We see no reason to tolerate this." Their military presence so near Israel is an "extremely dangerous situation that they introduce. it's our position that they need to go."

After being asked about tensions with Turkey vis-a-vis the SDF in the northeast, Amb. Jeffrey says the deployment overnight of 100 Syria Peshmerga to NE Syria was "done with our understanding and as one of several arrangements" being undertaken.

OIR Spokesman: In my official capacity, I accidentally shared content that was insulting to our Coalition partner Turkey, a key partner in the mission to defeat ISIS. I meant no disrespect. We have a duty to mutual security, and we are committed to defeating ISIS. Please accept my apology.

Jeffrey: I have told the Turks an attack on SDF in Syria is a "bad idea."

Amb Jeffrey @AtlanticCouncil : We support SDF for specific goal: fighting ISIS which they're not doing as a favor to us. They are partners in a transactional relationship. Afterwards they are a Syrian party like anyone. We don't have permanent relations with substate entities.

Wissam Al Tair spent 8 years building FB's biggest pro Assad network "Damascus Now", whitewashing Assad crimes and covering up his atrocities. 48 hours ago he was abducted by security apparatus and haven't been heard of or seen since. No one knows his whereabouts.

Amb Jim Jeffrey at @AtlanticCouncil: US has three goals in Syria: -enduring defeat of ISIS -"changed government, not government change and not getting rid of Assad" -Iranian ground troops out of Syria and long range capabilities too

Violent clashes between the SDF and ISIS on the outskirts of Abu Al Khater town in Eastern Deir ez-Zur

Afrin, a Turkish artillery, killed 2 YPG members

Al-Moallem: Our priority is liberating Idlib from terrorism. No-one in Syria accepts independent or federal entities. All those who conspired against Syria under leadership of USA will not be in a comfortable position next year, while our situation is improving day by day

Civilians in Northeastern Syria protest against the upcoming Turkish-FSA offensive.

Pentagon: We do not know what Erdogan has told Trump about

FSA National Liberation Front announces the killing of an Officer and 4 elements of Assad government militia as well as the wounding of others, thwarting an attempt to infiltrate on the axis of Kansba Latakia this morning, tightly controlled by the elements of "Unit 82"

SDF took control over significant parts of Abu al Khatir, east of Hajin USA SOF also on the ground SE Deir ez-Zur

General Command of FSA National Liberation Front based in Greater Idlib statement confirms their full support for the upcoming TSK-led operation in the East Euphrates against the PKK/PYD, stating they will not allow these separatist militias to divide the territory of Syria

IS took credit for torching SDF vehicle in Raqqa

Ahrar Sharqiya says they have detained suspected YPG member attempting to plant a vehicle bomb in city of Jarabulus

DMC video of the clashes between Daesh militants and SDF

Turkish FM Cavusoglu says "I never said anything that means we could work with Syrian regime leader Assad or that we approve of him"

Two people were injured by intensive rocket fire by pro-Assad forces on the town of Jarjanaz in the eastern countryside of Idlib

The Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran are scheduled to meet in Geneva on December 18 The discussions will be focused on the political settlement in Syria with an emphasis on formation of a constitutional council.

International coalition aircraft launches several raids on ISIS militants positions in Eastern Deir-ez-Zur

SDF is advancing at hawi Al-Susah

Continued clashes between SDF and ISIS at Hajin town

Car bomb dismantled and detonated at Jarabulus outskirts

The Ansar al-Tawhid group announces raid of its fighters on positions of the pro Assad forces in the village of al-Dhabia, southeast of Idlib.

Erdogan: Assad killed one million people and our country received nearly 4 million Syrians, at a time when the Syrian issue has become a means of the machinations that have been waged against us in recent years.

Turkish Armed Forces complete preparations for operations in Syria - Erdogan

President Erdogan says Turkey's military operation in northern Syria will continue until the last of the militants are cleared

Erdogan: US President Trump gave a positive answer to our operation in the east of the Euphrates

Erdogan: We will launch a military operation against the militants in the east of the Euphrates suddenly and by surprise

Turkey to launch military operation east of the Euphrates River "any moment now" President Erdogan

Erdogan: I talked with Trump, the terrorists must go from the east of the Euphrates. If they won't go then we will send them. Because they are threat to us

Turkey's Erdogan says strategic partnership with US requires terrorist groups to be ousted from east of Euphrates in northern Syria

KDP President @masoud_barzani meets with US SPE @brett_mcgurk in Erbil to express his concerns about the future of Kurds in Syria

Military vehicles are being moved in Gazientep

SDF: 71 ISIS militants killed in Hajin

New Turkish convoy has entered Al Surman village in Eastern Idlib

ISIS used car bomb against SDF in Hajin

Video of airstrike carried out by Iraqi F-16 last week

A number of SDF were injured by a landmine explosion in the eastern city of Hajin Deir Al-Zour, Syria

Hama: An artillery bombardment of the northern town of Latamna by the pro-Assad forces in Halfaia

Pro-Assad forces shelled Jarjanaz village in Southern Idlib with heavy missiles

Turkish Interior Minister: We carried out the Euphrates shield and the Olive Branch, despite U.S. opposition and threats

The Turkish Interior Minister: Washington has tried to encircle Turkey in northern Iraq and Afrin now trying to encircle it east of the Euphrates

Bashir: Sudan is keen on Syria's stability, security and territorial integrity under its legitimate leadership and peaceful dialogue among all parts

Clashes between the rebels and the pro-Assad forces on the abandoned battalion front, east Idlib

Eastern Deir Ez Zur countryside: a picture showing the effects of the great destruction in the neighborhoods of a Hajin city, as a result of air raids and artillery shelling by the coalition on the city in the past days.

SDF launched large-scale offensive from different axis on remains of ISIS in Eastern Deir-ez-Zur

Turkish military convoys enters the control points in Murek and Shir Magar village of Hama countryside in conjunction with the withdrawal of another column from the al-Sarman towards Turkey

Hasakah Northern countryside: Video showing PYD members digging trenches in Ras Al Ain.

Sudan's Al Bashir Arrived in Damascus Syria for a meeting with Assad

The National Liberation Front (NLF) is addressing an attempt of advance by the SAA forces on the front of scientific research and Al-Rashidin neighborhood in western Aleppo

Syrian Democratic Forces captured the village of Al-Bukhater in the countryside of Deir Al-Zour.

Idlib: The National Defense Forces in Abu Dali bombard the town of Jarjanas with rockets

Syria: a ceremony with Russia n MP was held today in Ibta (NW. Daraa) as ~250 deserters officially joined Assad forces after "reconciliation".

4 civilians were killed, and 18 others were injured so fare, after a car bomb explosion in main public market in Afrin city north of Aleppo. 13:30 Syria local time.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attend a news conference after an agreement-signing ceremony between Turkey and Venezuela at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

CARACAS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized sanctions on Venezuela during a visit to Caracas, while President Nicolas Maduro defended the countrys right to export gold after U.S. sanctions last month targeted its shipments of the metal.

Washington has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials it accuses of corruption, and on certain financial transactions with the Maduro government, which it accuses of violating human rights and triggering an economic meltdown. Ties between Turkey and the United States, two NATO allies, have also been strained.

U.S. President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order banning anyone in the United States from dealing with entities and people involved in corrupt or deceptive gold sales from the South American country. Turkey this year has become the largest importer of non-monetary gold from Venezuela.

Political problems cannot be resolved by punishing an entire nation, Erdogan said, with Maduro by his side at a forum attended by business people from both countries. We do not approve of these measures that ignore the rules of global trade.

Venezuela is suffering a bout of hyperinflation and a fifth year of recession that has led to shortages of food and medicine. Maduro frequently blames a U.S. economic war for the countrys woes, but critics say the crisis is proof socialist policies started under his predecessor Hugo Chavez have failed.

While Erdogan did not directly mention the United States or Trump, he said his friend Maduro was facing manipulative attacks from certain countries and acts of sabotage from economic assassins. In response, Erdogan said he was willing to strengthen trade ties.

Trade between the two countries have been growing, with Turkish data showing the country imported $900 million in gold from Venezuela in the first nine months of the year. Without naming the United States, Maduro decried sanctions and said Venezuela had the right to sell gold.

It is very petty to try to use an illegal sanction to prevent Venezuela from selling its gold to the world, Maduro said during a joint press conference later on Monday with Erdogan, who also visited Paraguay after attending the Group of 20 summit in Argentina last weekend.

Reporting by Corina Pons; Writing by Luc Cohen; Editing by Chris Reese and Richard Chang

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkeys insistence on finding the truth behind the recent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was not aimed at damaging the

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference on the final day of the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

Saudi royal family.

Speaking to reporters at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Erdogan said that solving the Khashoggi killing would also be in the interest of the Saudi monarchy.

We have never seen this as a political issue, Erdogan said. We want to make sure that the murder is revealed in all aspects and that the perpetrators are tried.

Khashoggis killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has strained Saudi Arabias ties with the West and battered the image overseas of its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Saudi Arabia has said the prince had no prior knowledge of the murder. After offering numerous contradictory explanations, Riyadh later said Khashoggi had been killed and his body dismembered when negotiations to persuade him to return to Saudi Arabia failed.

Erdogan has said the killing was ordered by the highest level of Saudi leadership but probably not by King Salman, putting the spotlight instead on the 33-year-old crown prince.

We have no interest in harming the Saudi Arabian state or the Saudi royal family. We believe bringing to light all aspects of the murder and prosecution of all perpetrators will be in the interest of Saudi Arabia, he said.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he brought up the Khashoggi issue while at the summit.

At a news conference in Buenos Aires, Trudeau said he had a frank conversation with the Saudi crown prince at the leaders dinner on Friday.

I spoke to the crown prince to highlight our concerns and the need for better answers on the killing of Khashoggi and the need for cease fire in Yemen, Trudeau said.

Western nations are calling for an end to the Saudi-led military campaign in neighboring Yemen, which was launched by Prince Mohammed, as a humanitarian crisis there worsens.

Erdogan also said Prince Mohammed had sent his chief prosecutor to Turkey to investigate the Khashoggi killing, but the prosecutor failed to share information with Turkey.

Turkey has evidence documenting that Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of the crown prince, was killed in 7-1/2 minutes, Erdogan said. He said Ankara has shared this evidence with all countries who requested it, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Saudi Arabia.

Additional reporting by Ece Toksabay in Ankara; Writing by Scott Squires and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Will Dunham and Alistair Bell

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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump discussed in phone talks on Friday the conflict in Syria, the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and bilateral relations, the press service of the Turkish leader reported.

Our president held phone talks withUS President Donald Trump this evening. In addition tobilateral relations, they discussed the murder ofJamal Khashoggi, the investigation intoFETO [the organization ofTurkish opposition preacher Fethullah Gulen] and the situation inSyria, inparticular, the fight againstterrorism there," the press service said ina statement.

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Previously, US Department ofState said that the United States is not ready todraw conclusions onwhat exactly happened atthe Saudi Consulate inIstanbul afterjournalist Jamal Khashoggi entered it onOctober 2.

READ MORE: Erdogan Blames Washington forUS-Turkey Visa Dispute, Hints atFETO Trace

The United States however earlier imposed sanctions against17 Saudi nationals related tothe murder ofthe Washington Post columnist.

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ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has kept the case of Jamal Khashoggi alive through a steady drip of leaks, forcing the Saudis to admit that the columnist and dissident was killed more than a month ago in their consulate in Istanbul.

But for Mr. Erdogan, the case has always been broader than journalistic freedom or human rights abuses. And, in fact, Mr. Erdogans use of the case in the name of justice has left many deeply conflicted in Turkey, a country where tens of thousands of citizens have been caught up in a government crackdown since a coup attempt in 2016.

The tactics Mr. Erdogan has used against the Saudis are much the same ones he has perfected against political enemies at home leaks planted by government sources and reported by friendly news outlets, which he then cites to destroy his opponents.

That approach has become a staple of the presidents arsenal to spread intimidation and to crack down on dissent. He has been able to employ it so effectively, including against the Saudis, partly because of a compliant news media that he has fashioned over 16 years in power.

But the same pro-government media outlets that have been a useful tool in the Khashoggi case have also published virulent content against many of those detained under the state of emergency. They include a well-known philanthropist and civil society activist, Osman Kavala, whom Mr. Erdogan described as the Soros of Turkey, referring to the billionaire George Soros.

Recently, finally despairing of Turkeys judicial process, Mr. Kavala issued a public statement through his lawyers for the first time since his detention in October last year. He has spent a year in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison without trial.

I just hope that my situation will contribute to understanding of the harm caused to the citizens and to the judiciary of the Republic of Turkey by this ill-fated custodial regime, he wrote.

Like Mr. Kavala, more than 100,000 people have been imprisoned during the two-year state of emergency, including academics, lawyers, journalists and opposition politicians who had no obvious link to the coup attempt.

About 50,000 people remain imprisoned two and a half years after the coup, according to figures published by Amnesty International. An additional 100,000 have been purged from their public-sector jobs.

The human rights landscape in Turkey is desolate, Amnesty said recently, one characterized by mass detentions, prosecutions, intimidation and the silencing of independent civil society.

That is especially so for journalists. Amnesty reported that 180 news outlets had been closed down since 2016, and 120 journalists detained.

Turkey remains the worlds worst jailer for the second consecutive year, with 73 journalists behind bars, compared with 81 last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists wrote in its annual report in December. Dozens more still face trial, and fresh arrests take place regularly.

International press freedom organizations used the Khashoggi case to highlight their concerns. Gruesome nature of #Khashoggi murder should not distract from #Turkeys own persecution of journalists, the Vienna-based International Press Institute posted on Twitter.

But within Turkey, many remain fearful of voicing any criticism of Mr. Erdogan publicly, especially journalists, for whom his trumpeting of the Khashoggi case has presented a special quandary.

None of the Turkish journalists unions issued statements of support when Mr. Khashoggi disappeared, and they are notably absent from the vigils held outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

There was no political agenda in not making a statement, said Mustafa Kuleli, general secretary of the Journalists Union of Turkey. Journalist organizations in Turkey are trying to cope with colossal problems with very few professionals: thousands of trials against members, news organizations shut down, unemployment, poor working conditions.

We are every day in the courts supporting journalists, he added. I understand why time could not be devoted to the Khashoggi case.

Many of the journalists are ethnic Kurds and leftists accused of supporting outlawed organizations or the movement of an Islamist preacher, Fethullah Gulen, who is suspected of having instigated the coup attempt.

Mr. Erdogan has branded them as terrorists, including a German-Turkish correspondent of Die Welt and board members of, Cumhurriyet, one of Turkeys oldest and most prestigious newspapers.

Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Mr. Erdogan and a close friend of Mr. Khashoggis, made a separation between the imprisonment of Turkish journalists and the killing of the Saudi dissident commentator, who wrote for The Washington Post. Many of the journalists in Turkish jails were tied ideologically or were used by terrorist groups, in particular the pro-Kurdish journalists, he said.

These radical ideas are being sponsored, he said. It is not because they believe, but because they are tools.

Mr. Kavalas case is one of the most emblematic illustrations of the increasing authoritarianism of Mr. Erdogans government. He has been held on preliminary charges of having links to the instigators of the coup attempt and of using force to overthrow the government by supporting the Taksim Square protests of 2013 charges he denies. A year after his detention, he still has not been indicted.

A wealthy businessman who ran arts and cultural initiatives for minorities in Turkey, often in partnership with European organizations, Mr. Kavala set out to fight his case through the judicial process.

With each passing day, people who accuse me of attempting to abolish the constitutional order and the government come to realize more and more that I have nothing to do with these accusations, Mr. Kavala wrote.

His lawyers said that after a year of trying to fight his case within the parameters of the law, they were compelled to publicize what they called the injustice of the process and the flagrant violations of Mr. Kavalas constitutional rights.

His arrest on charges of overthrowing the state and the constitutional order through force were completely without evidence, one of his lawyers, Ilkan Koyuncu, said.

Before anything else, he is a man of dialogue, a man of reconciliation, a man of consensus, the lawyer said. In any period of his life, he was not a man to be associated with coercion and violence.

Three lawyers described a litany of legal violations, including duress used in interrogation and the failure to bring Mr. Kavala before the appropriate criminal judge. They said they had filed 20 petitions in complaint.

Mr. Kavalas detention without trial amounts to arbitrary detention, Mr. Koyuncu said.

For many, the detention appeared to be a warning to others across civil society. In his drive for almost sultan-like powers in a new presidential system formed this summer, Mr. Erdogan has frequently lashed out at liberals, leftists and anyone with a connection to the West.

Mr. Erdogan has treated those detained as personal enemies. When Mr. Kavala was detained, the president denounced him in an address to his parliamentary group the same before which he recently spoke on the Khashoggi case.

There, he gave credence to newspapers smears that Mr. Kavala had funded the Taksim Square protests and had other nefarious ties hostile to Turkey.

Some say he is civil society; he is a nice person, a good citizen, Mr. Erdogan said of Mr. Kavala. When you look, the same person is behind the Taksim events. You see them in the allocation of considerable funds to certain places. All the connections are revealed one by one.

He ended with his signature nationalist jibe: As a nation, we will not bow down and we will ask them to pay for it.

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