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• 'Coalition raid' hits Syria army as truce wavers
• US admits coalition air strike against Syrian military position
• US says it may have struck Syrian troops while targeting IS
• The Latest: US expresses regret over errant Syrian airstrike
• U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency U.N. meeting
• U.S.-led jets kill dozens of Syrian soldiers: Russia, monitor
• Dozens dead in US-led coalition strike on Syrian army position
• Russia criticizes U.S. over bombing of Syrian army near Deir al-Zor
• Residents begin returning to Iraq's Fallujah
• First families return to homes in Iraq's Fallujah
• After summer of attacking Trump, Clinton focuses on herself
• Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Trump is 'unfit,' 'beyond repair'
• Tight security as annual Oktoberfest opens in Munich
• Obama aims to define his global leadership in last UN speech
• Turkish soldiers, Kurdish militants killed in violence in Turkey's southeast
• Philippine militants 'hungry' for caliphate, says Duterte
• Turkey police detain IS suspects 'planning attack'
• WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
• Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at United Nations

'Coalition raid' hits Syria army as truce wavers Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:50 PM PDT A US-led coalition fighting jihadists in Syria admitted it may have hit an army position in the east Saturday, in strikes that Russia and a monitor said killed at least 62 soldiers. The strikes came less than a week into a fragile ceasefire aimed at stopping the bloodshed in Syria's five-year civil war, as Russia accused what it termed "moderate rebels" of causing the truce to fail. American officials said the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria may have hit Syrian military positions.

US admits coalition air strike against Syrian military position Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:47 PM PDT The Pentagon admitted the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria may have struck Syrian military positions inside the country on Saturday after Russia accused it of killing at least 62 Syrian troops. "Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position," Central Command, known as Centcom, said in a statement, using an alternate term for the IS group. The United States "regrets" the death of Syrian troops, a senior US administration official said.

US says it may have struck Syrian troops while targeting IS Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:29 PM PDT The U.S. military said it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against the Islamic State group on Saturday, threatening an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire ...

The Latest: US expresses regret over errant Syrian airstrike Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:12 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria, where the U.S. military says it may have unintentionally struck government forces. (all times local):

U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency U.N. meeting Posted: 17 Sep 2016 03:56 PM PDT By Angus McDowall and Andrew Osborn BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition air strikes killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, Russia and a monitoring group said, putting a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire in jeopardy and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting. The United States military said the coalition stopped the attacks against what it had believed to be Islamic State positions in northeast Syria after Russia informed it that Syrian military personnel and vehicles may have been hit. Russia called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council after the incident, and diplomats said the 15-member body was due to meet behind closed doors at 7:30 p.m. ET.

U.S.-led jets kill dozens of Syrian soldiers: Russia, monitor Posted: 17 Sep 2016 01:31 PM PDT U.S.-led coalition jets bombed a Syrian army position at Jebel Tharda near Deir al-Zor airport on Saturday, killing dozens of Syrian soldiers, Russia and a war monitor said, paving the way for Islamic State to briefly overrun it. The U.S. military, in an apparent admission that it may have hit the position, said in a statement that coalition air strikes near Deir al-Zor had been halted when Russia told coalition officials they may have hit the Syrian army.

Dozens dead in US-led coalition strike on Syrian army position Posted: 17 Sep 2016 12:37 PM PDT US-led coalition aircraft hit a Syrian army position in the country's east on Saturday, an armed forces statement said, while a monitor group reported dozens of soldiers dead. "Warplanes from the American coalition hit one of the Syrian army's positions... near the Deir Ezzor airport," the statement carried by state media said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 83 soldiers were killed in the raids on Jabal Therdeh, southwest of the Deir Ezzor airport, updating an earlier toll of 30 killed.

Russia criticizes U.S. over bombing of Syrian army near Deir al-Zor Posted: 17 Sep 2016 12:21 PM PDT The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that U.S.-led coalition planes had bombed Syrian troops fighting Islamic State militants near the airport in Deir al-Zor, killing 62 soldiers and wounding about 100 more. If the strikes were a targeting error, the ministry said the bombings were evidence of Washington's refusal to consult Russia over its military action in Syria. Russia has bitterly complained about what it says is a U.S. reluctance to abide by the terms of a shaky ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Washington which it says made provision for joint targeting of Islamic State and other militant groups.

Residents begin returning to Iraq's Fallujah Posted: 17 Sep 2016 12:21 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Families have begun returning to Fallujah three months after the Iraqi city was declared fully liberated from the Islamic State group, an Iraqi official said Saturday.

First families return to homes in Iraq's Fallujah Posted: 17 Sep 2016 12:14 PM PDT The Iraqi police and army had decked out the checkpoints with plastic flowers to welcome the first returning Fallujah residents following the city's recapture from jihadists in June. "Today feels like a rebirth," said Fawaz al-Kobaisi, whose family was among Saturday's first batch of Fallujah returnees. The 70-year-old's family left in the early days of jihadist rule over Fallujah, before the Islamic State group even launched its broad June 2014 offensive across Iraq.

After summer of attacking Trump, Clinton focuses on herself Posted: 17 Sep 2016 12:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — All summer long, Hillary Clinton delighted in snappy attack lines about Donald Trump.

Ex-Pentagon chief Gates: Trump is 'unfit,' 'beyond repair' Posted: 17 Sep 2016 11:20 AM PDT Gates - a Republican who was Pentagon chief under Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama - has worked with eight presidents and is among the most widely respected US voices on national security matters. "I believe Mr. Trump is beyond repair. Gates worked closely with Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, and did not hold back on his criticism of her tenure.

Tight security as annual Oktoberfest opens in Munich Posted: 17 Sep 2016 08:51 AM PDT MUNICH (AP) — Heavy rain and stricter security did little to dampen the spirits of beer lovers at the start of this year's Oktoberfest, which opened Saturday in the Bavarian city of Munich.

Obama aims to define his global leadership in last UN speech Posted: 17 Sep 2016 05:49 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of his last major appearances on the world stage, President Barack Obama will try to define how his leadership has made the planet safer and more prosperous when he gives his farewell speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

Turkish soldiers, Kurdish militants killed in violence in Turkey's southeast Posted: 17 Sep 2016 03:57 AM PDT Three Turkish soldiers and four Kurdish militants were killed on Saturday in clashes in the southeastern Hakkari province while Turkish gendarmerie launched helicopter-backed security operations elsewhere in the region, security sources said. Three Turkish soldiers were also wounded in the clashes in village of Agacdibi, around 20 kilometers south of Hakkari province bordering Iraq and Iran. An operation to capture the militants is underway, sources said.

Philippine militants 'hungry' for caliphate, says Duterte Posted: 17 Sep 2016 02:10 AM PDT Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants were hungry to establish a caliphate, as he toughens his stance on the kidnap-for-ransom group accused of a deadly bombing in his home city this month. Several units of the Abu Sayyaf in the strife-torn southern Philippines have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group but analysts have said they are more interested in funding than ideology. "They are hungry for a fight to establish a caliphate in Southeast Asia.

Turkey police detain IS suspects 'planning attack' Posted: 17 Sep 2016 02:00 AM PDT Turkish police have detained more than 20 Islamic State suspects, including a Syrian man believed to be organising an attack in Istanbul, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. Police arrested the man, identified as Ali al-Aggal and codenamed Azzov, believed to be the IS group's organiser of Turkey attacks, in an operation in the Turkish capital Ankara, Haber-Turk newspaper reported. In a separate raid, police held 24 other IS suspects from Iraq and Syria in the Kucukcekmece district of Istanbul, the newspaper said.

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election Posted: 17 Sep 2016 01:32 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at United Nations Posted: 16 Sep 2016 10:12 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The spotlight will be on Syria when world leaders gather at the United Nations next week as the United States and Russia try to shore up a fragile truce deal and President Barack Obama pushes for a boost in global refugee aid. Some 135 heads of state and government and dozens of ministers will attend the 71st General Assembly, the last for both Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will step down at the end of 2016 after a decade in the job. "While many conflicts are causing enormous pain, none is causing so much death, destruction and widespread instability as the worsening war in Syria," Ban told reporters on Wednesday.

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