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US service members killed in ISIS-claimed attack in Syria
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that killed US service members in the Syrian city of Manbij on Wednesday.
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Graham backs down on Syria after lunch with Trump
Sen. Lindsey Graham backed away Sunday from his criticisms of President Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, telling reporters that Trump shared "some things I didn't know" during a lunch at the White House that "make me feel a lot better about where we're headed in Syria."
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Syrian troops mass at edge of Kurdish town threatened by Turkey
Kurdish appeal for help follows Trump’s surprise decision to pull US military out of Syria
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Turkish forces will cross into Kurdish-held Syria – foreign minister
Despite suggestions of a delay in military campaign, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu insists soldiers will enter
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'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan
After President Trump's decision to pull out U.S. troops, residents of northeastern Syria tell NPR they feel betrayed. Syrians, led by Kurdish fighters, have lost thousands in the fight against ISIS.
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US ground troops 'withdrawing from Syria'
President Trump orders US troops out of Syria, declaring victory over the Islamic State group.
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U.S.-backed fighters in Syria capture last town held by ISIS
U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after days of intense battles in the militants' single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists said. The fall of Hajin is a blow to the extremists. The town was their main stronghold in the last pocket of land they control in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. ISIS still holds some villages nearby.
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‘Of Fathers And Sons’: “Atheist” Filmmaker Goes Undercover To Reveal Brutal Life Inside Radical Islamist Family
Deep in the credits for the documentary Of Fathers and Sons comes a startling notation—a mention of the firm that supplied kidnapping and ransom insurance. That’s an indication of just how dangerous the project was for director Talal Derki, who risked his life to get inside a radical Islamist family in Northwestern Syria.
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Syria's Rukban camp on verge of humanitarian catastrophe
Delivery of desperately needed aid was delayed from entering the isolated camp
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Syrians in Rukban camp struggle to survive
In a desert camp along Syria’s border with Jordan, nearly 50,000 displaced people struggle to eke out a living.
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ISIS chief Baghdadi's youngest son 'is killed in Russian airstrike'
ISIS mastermind Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's youngest son has been killed in a Russian airstrike, it has been claimed. Baghdadi's son died in a bombing raid on a 'terrorist hideout' in a Syrian village on September 22, according to an Iraqi commander.
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British 'pharmacist who joined IS' detained
A British man who says he is a pharmacist from Birmingham has been detained in Syria on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State group. Kurdish forces captured Anwar Miah in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour a month ago. A video of his capture has surfaced on Twitter and shows Mr Miah saying he has lived in Syria for nearly four years.
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Russia blames Israel after plane shot down
Russia has said Syria shot down one of its military planes - but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel. The defence ministry said Israeli jets put the Il-20 plane into the path of Syrian air defence systems on Monday after failing to give Moscow enough warning of a strike on Syrian targets.
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Syrian regime accidentally shoots down Russian military plane
A Russian maritime patrol aircraft with multiple personnel on board was inadvertently shot down by Syrian regime anti-aircraft artillery on Monday after the Syrians came under attack by Israeli missiles, according to a US official with knowledge of the incident. The US official said the regime was actually trying to stop a barrage of Israeli missiles. A second official confirmed that Israel was responsible for the missile strikes on the Syrian regime.
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Germany can't look away if Syria uses chemical weapons: Merkel
Top German officials on Wednesday called for concerted global efforts to prevent chemical weapons being used in Syria, as conservative chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could not simply look away if such attacks took place. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said diplomacy was the top priority to prevent the use of chemical weapons in Syria, but Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said a “credible deterrent” was also needed.
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Russia says U.S. dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria's Deir al-Zor
Russia's military said on Sunday that two US F-15 fighter jets had dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria's Deir al-Zor province on Saturday, the TASS and RIA news agencies reported. The air strikes targeted the village of Hadjin and resulted in fires, but there was no information about casualties, the Russian military said.
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White helmets met with terrorist groups in Syria, claims Russian military
The Russian military has obtained “irrefutable” data that terrorist groups, including Jabhat an-Nusra, and the infamous White Helmets met in Idlib province on Sunday, according to the ministry’s spokesperson Igor Konashenkov. The militants plotted the final scenarios for the chemical attacks that the Syrian army are expected to make in the cities of Jisr ash-Shugur, Serakab, Taftanaz and Sarmin, the Russian military revealed.
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The U.S.'s ally in Syria declares an end to recruiting child soldiers
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have declared an official ban on using child soldiers in their battle against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and other hostile forces in the war-ravaged country. The announcement came in the form of an official military order by the Syrian Democratic Forces Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi released Friday by the militia's press office. Recent reports from the U.N. and human rights groups have accused the group of forcefully conscripting minors...
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Russia Threatens To Attack Key U.S. Outpost In Southern Syria
Russia has reportedly told the U.S. government at least twice in recent days that it is ready to support a Syrian government offensive into an area near the Iraqi and Jordanian borders where American-backed opposition forces are presently in control. The threats come as the United States, among others, has warned the Kremlin and Syria’s dictator Bashar Al Assad against kicking off a major offensive into the rebel-held Idlib region further to the northwest. CNN was first to report on the growing tensions over the border garrison, situated near the city of At Tanf.
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What a chemical attack in Syria looks like
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used internationally banned chemical weapons 200 times over seven years. Now, rare footage shows just how brutal those attacks are
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