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How one girl delivered hope amid a world of evil in ‘Zone of Interest’

'Zone of Interest' director Jonathan Glazer focused on sounds of the Holocaust to convey the horrors happening inside Auschwitz.

By Claire Barrett

6 months ago

Barricades are placed near the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a US soldier

Pvt. Travis King bolted into North Korea while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, a day after he was supposed to go back to a base in the U.S.

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

14 months ago

To set up ‘safe zone,’ US wades into muddled Syria politics

U.S. flags fluttered on the back of coalition armored vehicles as they whizzed past tiny hamlets in northeastern Syria. Once part of the sprawling territories controlled by the Islamic State group, the areas are now under threat of an attack from Turkey, which considers these villages’ liberators, the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish-led forces, to be terrorists.

5 years ago

Turkish president threatens to allow Syria refugees to leave unless ‘safe zone’ created with US

Turkey’s president on Thursday threatened to “open the gates” and allow a flood of Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for Western countries unless a so-called “safe zone” is established inside Syria soon in negotiations with the Americans.

5 years ago

US-Turkey ‘safe zone’ in Syria off to a good start, says Kurdish official

The creation of a so-called “safe zone” in northeastern Syria has gotten off to good start, with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces pulling back from a small, initial area along the Turkish border, a Syrian Kurdish official said — but calm can only prevail if Turkey also removes its troops.

5 years ago

US-backed Syrian Kurds to remove fortifications from Turkish border as part of ‘safe zone’ deal

A U.S.-backed mostly Kurdish force in Syria on Tuesday carried out a patrol along with the U.S.-led coalition near a border town with Turkey to select fortifications to be removed as part of an agreement to set up a safe zone along the country’s northwest border, a spokesman for the group said.

5 years ago

Turkish president vows Syria operation if US falls short in safe zone

Turkey’s president threatened Saturday to launch a unilateral offensive into northeastern Syria if plans to establish a so-called safe zone along Turkey’s border fail to meet his expectations, including a demand that Turkish soldiers control the corridor.

5 years ago

US-backed Syrian Kurds begin pullout near Turkish border as part of ‘safe zone’ deal

The main U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia has begun withdrawing its fighters from two towns near Turkey’s border, part of a deal for a so-called safe zone in northeastern Syria involving the U.S. and Turkey, the Kurdish-led regional administration in northern Syria said Tuesday.

5 years ago

Work begins on Syria safe zone to separate Turkey and US-allied Kurdish forces

Turkey’s defense minister said Saturday that military officials from Turkey and the United States have begun work to create a “safe zone” along its border in northeastern Syria.

5 years ago

‘Five Eyes’ on China: US allies + Malaysia conduct exercises

And the Air Force vowed no lull in FONOPs over the South China Sea.

5 years ago

Turkey, US appear closer to establishing safe zone in Syria

Turkey and the United States appeared Wednesday to be edging closer toward setting up a so-called safe zone in northeast Syria, saying they had agreed to form a joint operations center to coordinate and manage its establishment.

5 years ago

Turkey determined to destroy ‘terror corridor’ in Syria despite talks with US to establish a safe zone

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his country is determined to destroy what he called a "terror corridor" in northern Syria — regardless of whether or not Turkey and the United States agree on the establishment of a so-called "safe zone" there.

5 years ago

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