{"id":117922,"date":"2024-10-24T16:37:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=117922"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:37:30","slug":"u-s-urges-de-escalation-amid-rising-tensions-in-northern-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and northeastern Syria by Turkey. This response followed exclusive inquiries from North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are aware of the reports and are closely monitoring developments in northeastern Syria,\u201d an official of the State Department told North Press, highlighting concerns about ongoing military activity in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official expressed particular alarm over the impact on civilians, infrastructure, and ongoing efforts to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department emphasized, \u201cWe continue to urge de-escalation and the protection of civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crucially, the U.S. urged all parties to respect ceasefire zones, avoid violence, and prioritize stability to support a political solution to the ongoing Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, a U.S. patrol toured oil facilities affected by Turkish shelling in the countryside of al-Malikiyah (Derik) in the far-northeast Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early Thursday morning, Turkish forces launched a series of airstrikes on multiple towns and cities across northern and northeastern Syria, including Tel Rifaat, Manbij, Kobani, and Qamishli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Syrian Democratic Forces (<a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117865\/\">SDF<\/a>), 12 civilians, including two children, were killed in the strikes, and 25 others were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Jwan Shekaki <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and northeastern Syria by Turkey. This response followed exclusive inquiries from North Press. \u201cWe are aware of the reports and are closely monitoring developments in northeastern Syria,\u201d an official of the State Department told North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":117923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"publish\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"publish\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"Politics\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"A U.S. patrol roams around an oil facility targeted by Turkey in the countryside of al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Northeast Syria, on Oct 24, 2024 \u2013 North Press\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/117922\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5\",\"name\":\"publish\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"publish\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/publish\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"publish","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"publish","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/"},"author":{"name":"publish","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5"},"headline":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria","datePublished":"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/"},"wordCount":209,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","Politics","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/","name":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-24T16:37:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-24T16:37:30+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The U.S. Department of State voiced on Thursday serious concerns regarding escalating tensions in northern and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4-38-750x430-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"A U.S. patrol roams around an oil facility targeted by Turkey in the countryside of al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Northeast Syria, on Oct 24, 2024 \u2013 North Press"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/117922\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"U.S. urges de-escalation amid rising tensions in Northern Syria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a3878bde0c368aec6b31c38f755807e5","name":"publish","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/302003c22d3515dc5e8ae2f2b4862ce5a2f063ac3423add06dffecf9c8f2e2e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"publish"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/publish\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117924,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117922\/revisions\/117924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}