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Tensions rise as the US, Kurdish forces, Turkey and the Syrian regime eye the imminent battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold.
Analysis: Ankara wants its forces to be the ones to vanquish the Islamic State group from Raqqa, to stop Kurdish groups from laying claim to the city, writes Paul Iddon.
Analysis: Keeping Syrian refugees out of Turkey in an area controlled by Ankara's troops would also result in preventing Kurdish forces from linking up along the length of the border.
Analysis: Control of towns in Iraq and Syria is likely to be handed over from armed Kurdish groups to local affiliated franchises in exchange for their withdrawal, writes Paul Iddon.
In-depth: Russia is betting on Turkey to convince rebels to agree to its 'ceasefire', while Ankara wants to dispel Kurdish aspirations of a state in Syria, writes Paul Iddon.
Turkey witnessed at least 30 attacks in 2016, with scores killed in bombings and shootings by Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.
Kurdish forces are using their fight against Islamic State in Iraq to unlawfully destroy Arab homes in disputed areas of Kirkuk and Ninevah, a Human Rights Watch report has revealed.
Iraqi Security Forces continued their push towards Mosul with extensive progress on Thursday, whilst Kurdish forces faltered in the east amid high casualties and IED's, Gareth Browne reports.
Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an offensive on the IS-held frontier town of Jarabulus on the Turkish-Syrian border in an attempt to thwart recent Kurdish military successes.
In-depth: Fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, Kurdish militia fighters are carving out territory for a future state, but are hampered by a lack of weaponry, reports Adam Lucente.