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'We're being pretty darn prolific' — Top general claims 60,000 ISIS fighters...
Gen. Raymond Thomas, head of US Special Operations command, said on Tuesday that the US and its allies in the fight against ISIS had killed more than 60,000 of the terrorist group's fighters.That...
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The Pentagon is reportedly considering recommending ground troops into Syria...
The Defense Department is considering recommending the US send ground troops into Syria to fight the terrorist group ISIS, according to a source who spoke to CNN."It's possible that you may see...
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Report: CIA gave up on backing Syrian rebels after major Islamist attack
CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their...
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Russia to produce 170 aircraft, 905 tanks and vehicles, and 17 ships this...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military received a sweeping array of new weapons last year, including 41 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the wide-ranging military modernization will continue this...
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Russia is waiting for the US to come up with proposals for cooperation in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia waits for the United States to come up with proposals on a possible cooperation in Syria, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on...
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Syria's warring factions meet under UN moderation to find a 'new road out of...
Opposing sides in the Syrian war came face-to-face in U.N. peace talks for the first time in three years on Thursday, to hear mediator Staffan de Mistura implore them to cooperate to find a way out of...
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Suicide bomber kills 29 near Syria town taken from ISIS
A suicide bomber killed 29 people, most of them rebels, on Friday near the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which they had taken from the Islamic State group just hours earlier, a monitor said.The bomber blew up...
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In showdown with ISIS in Syria, Trump's choices range from bad to worse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump's push against Islamic State in Syria could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a...
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Tillerson pushed by bipartisan senators to chronicle Russia, Syria, and...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is under pressure to chronicle war crimes committed by Russia and Syria, from a bipartisan group of lawmakers that is pushing for "accountability" at the end of the...
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The latest round of Syrian peace talks had to spell out rules against...
Geneva (AFP) - A ban on mobile phones, recording devices and "offensive language": the ground rules handed out at Syrian talks reflect the high tension in the corridors of Geneva, where peace is a long...
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US Central Command shares photos of Kurdish women fighting ISIS in response...
US Central Command on Tuesday tweeted out photos of Syrian women fighters who have joined the campaign against ISIS in the country."Those photos were taken by CENTCOM's spokesman who travelled to Syria...
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Watch a US-led airstrike pound a building in Syria days before ISIS was...
As Iraqi forces advance on ISIS' last urban stronghold in the country, the US-led coalition continues to strike the terrorist group in Syria to support its various allies in the fight there.In a Feb....
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UN: Both sides in the battle for Aleppo have committed war crimes
GENEVA(Reuters) - Both sides in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes, including Syrian government aircraft that "deliberately" bombed and strafed a humanitarian convoy, killing 14 aid workers and...
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Russia and Syria bombed US-backed fighters in Syria with US personnel nearby
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Russian and Syrian aircraft bombed positions held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Arab Coalition near the Syrian town of Al Bab on Tuesday, inflicting casualties, the top U.S....
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Syrian army could take back one of the world's most historic cities, Palmyra,...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian-backed Syrian government forces will enter the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra "very soon", a Syrian military source said on Wednesday, as government forces seek to win...
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US commander downplays chance of big troop hike in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Wednesday downplayed the chances that the United States would deploy a large number of additional coalition forces to battle Islamic State, even...
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Syrian farmers are terrified Islamic State fighters will flood their villages
Tuwayhina (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to defend its stronghold Raqa, drowning their tiny villages in...
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US-backed forces in Syria have isolated ISIS's last stronghold in the country
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian militias backed by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State cut the road between the jihadist-held city of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor province in Syria on Monday, a Kurdish...
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Here's why nations go to war over water
Access to and control over water is a strategic imperative for all countries. As such, it has been a source of conflict throughout history.Water access can impact a country’s geopolitics in many ways....
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US-backed fighters turn territory over to Syrian government to create buffer...
Manbij (Syria) (AFP) - US-backed Syrian fighters have turned over several villages in the country's north to government forces under a deal to avoid conflict with Turkey, a spokesman told AFP on...
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