Kurds
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Natalie McGarry said her experience showed the need for intervention in the conflict between Kurdish separatists and Turkish forces
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Complex ceasefire deal agreed by Russia and US, which excludes large areas of country, began at midnight local time
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Regional government says Kurdish troops rescued 16-year-old girl who had been ‘misled’ into travelling to Syria and Mosul
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Held by anti-Assad rebels, seized by Isis, bombed by Russia and now eyed by the Kurds, the fate of Azaz has implications far beyond Syria’s borders
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