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Under pressure from Turkey, UN excludes PYD from Syria talks

Turkey has won the battle over the Syrian Kurdish nationalist Democratic Union Party by blackmailing the United States into leaving the group out of the Geneva III talks.

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu gestures during a press conference with US Vice President Joe Biden after their meeting in Istanbul, Jan. 23, 2016. — OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images

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