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Meet the US Army team that helped withdraw from Syria as the ISIS fight drags on
The US Army's Syrian Logistics Cell recently helped conduct the withdrawal of US forces from several bases in Syria.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The 103rd Expeditionary...
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Russia plans to invest $500 million in its only navy base outside the former...
The Russian navy base in Tartus, Syria, is Moscow's only such facility outside the territory of the former Soviet Union.Russia, working with the regime of Bashar Assad, has increased its at Tartus in...
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What the US can learn from 2 decades of fighting in Afghanistan and Syria
The US is poised to enter a third decade of fighting in Afghanistan as its involvement in the Syrian conflict continues.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The United States President...
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Trump's biggest accomplishments and failures as president as he heads into a...
President Donald Trump has been among the most controversial presidents in US history, and just the third commander-in-chief to be impeached. Trump is unlikely to be removed from office in a Senate...
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What it's like to travel when you don't have the power of a privileged passport
Traveling the world isn't so easy when you don't have the power of a privileged passport.I'm from Syria, and my passport is one of the weakest in the world.Here are some of the things I go through if I...
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How Putin benefits from rising tensions between the US and Iran
Tensions between the US and Iran remain high after the US assassination of a top Iranian military commander and a retaliatory strike by Iran on bases housing US troops in Iraq.Any conflict between...
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Soleimani gets a promotion and Syria's top military honor after being killed...
In the days since he was killed by a US drone strike, Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani has been feted at home and abroad.Soleimani, a major general at the time of his death, is now being...
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These 10 countries face the biggest humanitarian crises in 2020
The International Rescue Committee humanitarian group has published its annual "Emergency Watchlist" listing the ten countries facing the world's worst crises in 2020.These countries combined are home...
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Mushrooms used to be rare in Syria — but thousands of refugees are now...
Mushrooms were once an uncommon food in Syria, but they have become a vital resource in one refugee camp where families can't afford meat.In 2016, a Syrian nonprofit began cultivating mushrooms and...
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ISIS 'sleeper cells' are taking advantage of US-Iran tensions to make a comeback
Amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran in January, anti-ISIS operations led by the US were paused for two weeks.That halt has given ISIS, seen as largely defeated last year, a chance to...
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Turkey and Syria are fighting in a shoe box in northern Syria, and officials...
US and Russian troops in northwestern Syria are caught between increasingly hostile Turkish and Syrian government forces, which have exchanged fire and air strikes in the past 36 hours.The exchanges of...
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8 maps explain how ISIS has spread even after its defeat in Iraq and Syria
Bloody campaigns by an international coalition between 2014 and 2019 eroded the ISIS present in Iraq and Syria.But the terrorist group remains as a guerrilla force in those countries, and even in...
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US troops have been squaring off with Russian contractors in Syria
Russian contractors are pushing into territory held by US partner forces in Syria, the top US envoy to the country said this week.Russians have violated deconfliction agreements in the war-torn...
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Syria accidentally fired a missile at a civilian jet carrying 172 passengers...
Syrian troops nearly shot down an airliner attempting to land in Damascus in the confusing aftermath of Israeli airstrikes early Thursday morning.A plane operated by Syrian airline Cham Wings was...
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Turkey is so worried about allowing millions of refugees across its border...
Syrian troops killed five Turkish soldiers in northern Syria Monday, the latest escalation between the two nations in an increasingly tense fight.Russian and Turkish diplomats had begun meeting Monday...
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ISIS is bigger now than when it first formed, and Trump's conflict with Iran...
ISIS continues to pose a significant threat in Iraq and Syria, despite claims from President Donald Trump that the terror group has been defeated. Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of Iraqi...
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Schools and hospitals targeted in the latest attack on Idlib in Syria,...
Nine children were among the 20 people killed after the Syrian Army attacked the Idlib region on Tuesday, the BBC reported.Idlib is the only major territory still controlled by opposition rebels. Three...
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Turkey is threatening to push a new refugee crisis onto Europe after its...
Turkey appears to be relaxing its efforts to prevent Syrian refugees from leaving for Europe via land and sea crossings with Bulgaria and Greece."We have decided, effectively immediately, not to stop...
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Turkey is crushing Syria's army after wiping out its heavy armor with...
Turkish forces decimated the Syrian army in a series of drone and F-16 strikes in rebel-held Idlib this weekend, leaving Bashar al-Assad's forces unable to protect their frontline armor and artillery...
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The US shouldn't support Turkey's reckless moves in Syria
Fighting in Syria is heating up again between Syrian government forces, backed by Russia, and NATO member Turkey and the fighters it backs.The US needs to tread carefully, lest an alliance with Turkey...
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