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US Ambassador to the UN says she believes Trump’s warning to Syria saved lives
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she believes President Donald Trump's warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad two days earlier not to use chemical weapons...
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US-backed Syrian fighters warn of 'open, fierce confrontation' with Turkey in...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sees a "big possibility of open, fierce confrontation" with Turkish forces in an area of northwestern Syria where the sides exchanged...
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US special operators dispatched to Syria-Turkey border to prevent possible...
An unknown number of U.S. special operations forces have surfaced in a Kurdish-controlled city in northern Syria near the Turkish border as the U.S.-led coalition struggles to prevent the war against...
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US-backed forces have completely surrounded ISIS in Raqqa
US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said, trapping the besieged jihadists inside their de facto Syrian capital.Fighters with the...
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Chemical watchdog probe: Sarin was used in the deadly April 5 attack in Syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An investigation by the international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly April 4 attack on a Syrian town.The Organization...
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Mattis and Tillerson are trying to sooth a crisis in the Persian Gulf, but...
In early June, several Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Qatar over its alleged funding of terrorist groups and intention of "destabilizing the region."The split...
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How US special forces plan to pacify ISIS's notorious capital in Syria
As the Islamic State crumbles, American special operations forces and their Arab and Kurdish allies have been working quietly to establish a force of about 3,500 militiamen to help secure Raqqa, Syria,...
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Syria's largest currency note now features Assad for the first time
Damascus (AFP) - The Syrian Central Bank has released the war-ravaged country's largest currency note yet, featuring the face of President Bashar al-Assad for the first time. The new 2,000 pound note...
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Incredible video footage shows US Marines striking ISIS with artillery
US Marine artillerymen have been in the fight against ISIS since March 2016— and now there's a new video of their latest exploits in Syria.In a short video made by Marine Sgt. Matthew Callahan, troops...
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US-backed YPG says Turkish military buildup in northwest Syria amounts to...
The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger...
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The Marines are sending 3D printers to combat zones to fix their gear faster
Three years into the coalition fight against Islamic State militants, the battlefield remains fairly austere, without the major forward bases or large unit presence common to previous wars in Iraq and...
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US will use 'police in a box' to secure Iraq
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has come up with a plan to keep the peace in the war-torn country after the military defeat of ISIS: A "police presence in a box" manned by Iraqi police officers.The...
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'Putin will eat President Trump's lunch': How experts say Trump should...
President Donald Trump has his first high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. The meeting comes amid crumbling relations between the two countries.Experts stressed Trump...
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Here's the mistake US presidents make when they meet Putin
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the first time Friday at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, beginning a new chapter in the relationship between the world's two...
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The US-led coalition says at least 600 civilians have killed by airstrikes in...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 600 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State since the campaign began in 2014, according to a report...
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US, Russia reportedly set to announce a cease-fire in southwestern Syria
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, three U.S. officials said Friday as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with...
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Rex Tillerson says Trump's meeting with Putin took so long, the First Lady...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit took so long that First Lady Melania Trump was sent into the meeting...
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Partial ceasefire deal reached in Syria after Trump-Putin meeting
The United States, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and "de-escalation agreement" for southwestern Syria on Friday, as the US government under President Donald Trump made its first attempt at...
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G20 summit: Trump and Putin agree Syria ceasefire
HAMBURG — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday on Sunday, following their first meeting together at the G20 summit on Friday."Today in...
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Ceasefire brokered by US and Russia goes into effect in southern Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An open-ended cease-fire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia has come into effect.The cease-fire, announced after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and...
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