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US Army Rangers are operating on the ground inside Syria
Several days ago, a convoy of U.S. troops was spotted crossing the border into Syria from Iraqi Kurdistan. The convoy, comprised mostly of hulking Stryker armored fighting vehicles, was en route to the...
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US Marines just deployed on the ground inside Syria
A Marine detachment from an amphibious task force has left its ships to deploy to Syria near Raqqa, defense officials told The Washington Post.While special-operations advisers have been on the ground...
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Putin is hosting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow to discuss Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks expected to focus on the situation in Syria.Greeting Netanyahu at the start of their talks,...
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US troops seem poised to take a prominent role in attacking the ISIS capital
US military forces seem poised to take a prominent role in the long-awaited battle to take down Raqqa, Syria, the capital of the self-proclaimed Islamic State.Though the Pentagon has long downplayed...
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US-backed Syrian forces are a 'few weeks' away from ISIS-held Raqqa
BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit...
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No one is paying attention to the 2nd Islamic State that's emerging in Syria
A new Islamic State is being constituted in Syria, and no one is paying attention— yet."There's a second Islamic State that has emerged," says Theo Padnos, adding: "Nobody knows what is happening in...
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UN accuses Turkey of 'massive destruction, killings and numerous other...
Geneva (AFP) - The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of serious human rights violations during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast since July 2015 when a regional ceasefire...
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Top US general says US boots on the ground will likely be needed against ISIS
The top US commander in the Middle East signaled Thursday that there will be a larger and longer American military presence in Syria to accelerate the fight against the Islamic State group and quell...
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Syria's Assad says he's yet to see any real steps from Trump on Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat Islamic State and called U.S. forces deployed in Syria...
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At least 40 killed in Damascus bombing targeting Shi'ites
A double bomb attack targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Damascus killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 more who were going to pray at a nearby shrine, the Iraqi foreign ministry said.There was no...
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Over 130 foreign policy experts denounce Trump's revised travel ban
Washington (AFP) - Over 130 US foreign policy experts have denounced President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it undermines America's national security and interests as much as the original...
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Syria's Assad calls US troops 'invaders' but still hopes to cooperate with Trump
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. forces in Syria were "invaders" and he had yet to see "anything concrete" emerge from U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to prioritize the fight against...
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This infographic shows the grave violations against Syrian children last year
A UNICEF report shows that 2016 has been the "worst year" for children in Syria, where young people have "come under attack on a daily basis."In its report, UNICEF writes that cases of children being...
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Russia, Turkey, and Iran will press on with Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan
ASTANA (Reuters) - Russia, Turkey and Iran are pressing ahead with a fresh round of Syria talks in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov said on Monday, despite a request from Syrian...
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War monitor: 465,000 killed in 6 years of fighting in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday there are so far about 465,000 people killed and missing in Syria's civil war.The war began six...
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Syrian children have 'paid the heaviest price' in a brutal civil war
A new report from the children’s charity UNICEF says Syrian children have “paid the heaviest price in this six-year war,” laying out in stark detail the horrors perpetrated against minors during the...
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A suicide bomb attack killed dozens in a Damascus courthouse, Syrian state...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, in the second such spate of bombings in the Syrian capital...
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The Pentagon is reportedly considering sending 1,000 more troops inside Syria
The Pentagon is considering sending an additional 1,000 conventional troops over the next few weeks into Syria, ahead of an upcoming offensive against the ISIS capital of Raqqa.The troops would likely...
View ArticleHere's how many refugees from banned countries have entered the US under Trump
During President Trump's first seven weeks in office, 7,594 refugees entered the US. There is also a sizable number of refugees entering the US from the six banned countries of Trump's new travel...
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Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes
JERUSALEM — Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes early Friday after a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria — a rare military exchange between the two hostile neighbors that was confirmed by...
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