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Syria's Assad regime used mobile weapons labs to hide the chemical arms...
Inspectors tasked with ridding Syria of its chemical weapons were surprised to discover that many of the production facilities were hidden in plain sight, including aboard 18-wheeler trucks disguised...
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Reports: Turkish jets hit ISIS targets in Syria and Kurds in Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish jets flying from a base in Turkey's southeast have struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria for the second straight night, Turkish news reports said...
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How Turkey’s decision to join the fight against ISIS helps Syria’s Assad
Over the last two years, as the Islamic State took control over a large swath of Syria and Iraq, Turkey had refrained from engaging in the U.S.-led fight against the group. Until now.On Thursday,...
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The US and Turkey are working to establish an 'Islamic State-free zone' in...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States and Turkey are finalizing plans for a military campaign to push the Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Syrian border, deepening efforts to...
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Obama's Middle East strategy is based on the fantasy that Iran can help solve...
With the nuclear deal finally out of the way, President Obama can now get down to what, for him, has always been the real business — engaging Iran on regional issues.As one administration official has...
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Turkey may have just dragged the US into a strategic quagmire in Syria
This weekend Turkey and the United States took steps toward getting more heavily involved in the Syrian quagmire.First, after a year of protracted negotiations, Turkey agreed to allow the United States...
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A coalition of jihadist groups just launched an offensive that could be...
Jaysh al Fateh (the “Army of Conquest”), a coalition of anti-Assad forces that overran much of the Idlib province earlier this year, has launched a new offensive against the Assad regime.The...
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Iraqi militia leader: US isn't serious about fighting ISIS
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The head of one of Iraq's fiercest Shi'ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against Islamic State ineffective and accused Washington of lacking the will to...
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These are the tactics that ISIS used to become Twitter's most dangerous...
In early 2015, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum, both 15-year-old girls, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, boarded a plane from England to Turkey. From there the teens crossed over to Syria to join the Islamic...
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Al Qaeda in Syria already kidnapped leaders from the US-trained Syrian rebel...
The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the leader of a US-backed rebel group in north Syria, opposition sources and a monitoring group said, in a blow to Washington's efforts to train and equip...
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Turkey is 'playing a dangerous game' with ISIS — and what comes next could...
Turkey just went from being effectively neutral in the conflict brewing on its southern border to opening a war on two fronts against ISIS in northern Syria and the Kurdish PKK in northern Iraq.And...
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US intelligence: ISIS is no weaker than a year ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S.-led bombing campaign began...
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al Qaeda in Syria are attacking US-trained rebels as they enter
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front attacked Western-backed rebels in northern Syria on Friday, rebel groups and an organization monitoring the war said, escalating tension between rival...
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What the CIA thought of the most notorious US espionage case before Snowden
One of the most notorious spies in American history will walk out of prison by the end of the year.On November 20, Jonathan Pollard will be paroled 30 years after being convicted of spying for...
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One of the biggest weaknesses in the fight against ISIS is being fully...
Turkey's airstrikes on ISIS targets in northern Syria and Kurdish PKK camps in northern Iraq have coincided with a nationwide crackdown on suspected militants and extremists operating within its own...
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ISIS just received a 'gift' — and now 'there's a lot of opportunity for high...
Taliban leader Mullah Omar was officially declared dead this week, and the militant group is showing signs of major strain as a result.Omar's death could have huge implications that ripple past the...
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The US and Turkey are taking a big gamble on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are both taking a big gamble as they agree to work together against the Islamic State group militants in Syria.Their...
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The US says it will defend Syria rebels with airpower — even from Assad
The United States has decided to allow airstrikes to defend Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military from any attackers, even if the enemies hail from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar...
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2 of Obama's new goals are in conflict with each other
With the Iran nuclear deal in hand, President Obama appears ready to focus more of his attention on stemming the wars, mass atrocities and humanitarian catastrophes that have spread across the Middle...
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Syria is approaching a de facto breakup of the country
The growing anarchy and stalemate in Syria has brought the country closer to de facto partition, as the overstretched and exhausted army of the president, Bashar al-Assad, retreats in the face of a war...
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