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Trump threatened to 'devastate' a NATO ally's economy, and his State...
President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to "economically" devastate Turkey, a NATO ally, but Trump's own State Department said it had no knowledge of any such plans.Trump said Turkey would pay if...
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The US and its partners are bombing ISIS and the Taliban at levels not seen...
The US and its coalition partners dropped more bombs on ISIS in November than any month in the past year, according to statistics released by US Air Forces Central Command.The number of weapons...
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ISIS has lost 98% of the territory it once had in Syria, but that doesn't...
President Trump has announced that the US has defeated ISIS in Syria and that he plans to pull back all 2,000 US troops from the country. Since then, there have been contradictory statements from...
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Russia’s air defenses can’t stop Israel from stomping on Iran in Syria with...
Russia has some of its best air defenses in Syria, and has boasted they can shoot down US stealth fighters, but Israel routinely defeats these systems with non-stealthy F-16s.Syria managed to shoot...
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How US commanders scrambled to change Trump's mind about his surprise order...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump was reeling from sharp rebukes at home and abroad over his surprise announcement last month to immediately pull American troops out of Syria when he...
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US troops die in suicide bombing claimed by ISIS, calling into question...
ISIS claimed a deadly attack on a coalition patrol in northeastern Syria just weeks after US President Donald Trump said the group was defeated.US forces are among the casualties, Operation Inherent...
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Trump's Syria policy takes a massive black eye as ISIS-claimed attack kills 4...
The single greatest loss of US military lives in Syria took place in an ISIS-claimed attack on Tuesday, just weeks after President Donald Trump declared the terror group a vanquished foe. Trump took...
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Pence repeated the claim that ISIS is 'defeated' just hours after US troops...
Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on President Donald Trump's claims that ISIS has been defeated at a gathering at the State Department Wednesday.His statements came about an hour after reports...
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The US has a crucial weapon in the fight against ISIS: garbage collection
The Trump administration recently announced its plans to withdraw much of the US' aid and troops in northern Syria. While the immediate impacts of this decision remain to be seen, a similar strategy in...
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Trump's own party slams his Syria 'retreat' after ISIS-claimed attack kills...
Top Republicans pointed to an ISIS-claimed attack in Syria on Wednesday as a sign President Trump should not move forward with his plan to withdraw US troops from the country. "My concern by the...
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US troops were highly visible regulars at the Syrian restaurant where a...
The suicide bombing at a restaurant in what was thought to be a safe zone in northern Syria may have been targeted because it was a favorite of US troops, according to a New York Times report.The...
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Former US official in charge of destroying ISIS says Trump's Syria pull out...
President Donald Trump's mangled Syria pull out has breathed "new life" into ISIS, the former US official in charge of the ISIS fight said.Trump directly contradicted statements from his own State...
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Trump's incoherent strategy and his mind-boggling tweets show how woefully...
Inadequate policy coordination, incoherent presidential tweets, and discordant remarks by senior advisors have created confusion across the Middle East, argues Amanda Sloat, a Senior fellow at the...
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US names 3 of the Americans killed in Syria blast claimed by Islamic State
The Pentagon released the names of three Americans killed in a bombing attack this week in Manbj, Syria.A US Navy servicewoman and a former Navy SEAL are among the four Americans killed in a suicide...
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Israeli military tweets that a missile attack on Iranian elite forces in...
Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) have tweeted that they have begun striking Iranian targets inside Syria.Israel's powerful military tweeted that they are targeting elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary...
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Video shows Israel's Iron Dome intercept a rocket over a ski resort in the...
The Israel Defense Forces shared a video that it says shows its Iron Dome air-defense system intercepting a rocket over a ski resort in the occupied Golan Heights.The IDF said the rocket was launched...
View ArticleThe conflict in Syria has lasted nearly 8 years — here's what it would take...
Civil war in Syria has lasted nearly eight years since it spurred from the Arab Spring in 2011. While President Bashar al-Assad has prevailed with help from Russia and Iran, many players still seek to...
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US troops are leaving Syria, but some might stick around at this remote base...
President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of the roughly 2,000 US military personnel currently serving in Syria.There are plans, however, to keep some troops stationed at the al-Tanf garrison,...
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A new museum exhibit is documenting what life is like for Syrian children...
Sarajevo's War Childhood Museum has opened a tribute to the children living in the shadow of the war in Syria.Driven by memories of his own childhood during the Balkans conflict in the 1990s, founder...
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ISIS is going to lose the last of its territory in Syria in a 'couple of...
The US-led coalition is close to retaking the last remaining pieces of ISIS controlled territory in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria, according to the Pentagon.Acting Secretary of Defense Pat...
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