Foreign Exchanges

Foreign Exchanges

World update: May 10 2019

Stories from Iran, South Africa, Venezuela, and more

Derek Davison
May 11, 2019
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MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Friday called on Syrian forces to withdraw from the territory they’ve captured this week from rebels in northwestern Syria. He warned that the offensive is getting closer to Turkish military observation posts in Idlib province, though I’m not sure “warned” is the right word here because there’s no …

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