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Focus: Turkey and Syria – July 19, 2017

Turkey leaks secret locations of U.S. troops in Syria – thedailybeast.com

US increases number of military posts in PKK/PYD-held territories in Syria to ten – anadoluagency.com

MAP: Turkish wire Anadolu published this map showing US bases in Syria. The US-led coalition in response slammed the story as irresponsible – Ragıp Soylu on Twitter

Turkey set to launch military operation against Kurds in northern Syria, says weapons given to the YPG “by various allied countries” have wound up in the hands of the PKK – Xinhua

Arab-Kurdish feud deepens as fears mount over battle for Raqqa, This week Turkish-backed Arab militias clashed with SDF units north of Aleppo – VOA

Turkish-backed rebels fail to capture northern Aleppo town – almasdarnews.com

Turkish Army suffers heavy casualties in latest attack on Kurdish-held northern Aleppo – almasdarnews.com

Turkish forces shell villages in Afrin and northern of Aleppo after the death, injury and capture of a large number of members of both parties in the first round of clashes – SOHR

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Focus: The Khan Sheikhoun alleged Sarin gas attack – June 26, 2017

Note: I have reached no conclusions on the Khan Sheikhoun alleged Sarin gas attack, waiting for the OPCW report. Below are the latest news plus older documentation.

Syria: Trump‘s red line, Seymour M. Hersh investigates the case of the alleged Sarin gas attack – WELT

Intelligence officials doubted the alleged Sarin gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun. WELT presents a chat protocol of a security advisor and an active American soldier on duty at a key base in the region – WELT

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