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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday.
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Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border
The Syrian army and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched a major ground offensive on Friday aimed at ending the yearslong presence of hundreds of militants in a border area between the two countries.
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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
ASPEN, Colo. — The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday. “I don’t think it’s important for us to say Assad must go first,” Tom Bossert said at the Aspen Security Forum,…
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Parents of Marine vet who went missing in Syria believe he is alive
BEIRUT — The parents of an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for the past five years said on Thursday that they believe he is still alive — and that the U.S. and Syrian governments have assured them they are doing all they can to secure his safe release. The pair also expressed…
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Tensions rise as Russia, Iran send warnings after US shoots down Syrian warplane
Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions in retaliation for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian warplane.
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Iraqi forces capture border crossing to Syria from ISIS
Tribal forces and border police, supported by Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition aircraft, took part in the operation to take the al-Waleed crossing, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
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Uncertainty over Islamic State leader’s fate after airstrike
The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders.
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Messy fight awaits Islamic State’s next Syrian capital at Mayadeen
As Islamic State militants take a pounding in their eroding Iraqi and Syrian strongholds, its leaders have set up a new headquarters in Syria away from the front lines, where they are digging in and likely planning more attacks against the West. The militants’ relocation could extend IS’ ability to wreak havoc in the region…
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US-backed Syrian force attacks ISIS-held capital of Raqqa
A U.S.-backed Syrian force said Tuesday it has begun an offensive to capture the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, after months of clearing operations. An American commander said the battle will be long and difficult, but success would deliver a decisive blow to the idea of ISIS…
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Syria says US airstrike killed several soldiers near Jordan
The strike was the first such close confrontation between U.S. forces and fighters backing President Bashar Assad and the development is likely to increase tensions in the war-torn country.
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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday.
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Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border
The Syrian army and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched a major ground offensive on Friday aimed at ending the yearslong presence of hundreds of militants in a border area between the two countries.
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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
ASPEN, Colo. — The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday. “I don’t think it’s important for us to say Assad must go first,” Tom Bossert said at the Aspen Security Forum,…
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Parents of Marine vet who went missing in Syria believe he is alive
BEIRUT — The parents of an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for the past five years said on Thursday that they believe he is still alive — and that the U.S. and Syrian governments have assured them they are doing all they can to secure his safe release. The pair also expressed…
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Tensions rise as Russia, Iran send warnings after US shoots down Syrian warplane
Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions in retaliation for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian warplane.
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Iraqi forces capture border crossing to Syria from ISIS
Tribal forces and border police, supported by Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition aircraft, took part in the operation to take the al-Waleed crossing, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
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Uncertainty over Islamic State leader’s fate after airstrike
The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders.
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Messy fight awaits Islamic State’s next Syrian capital at Mayadeen
As Islamic State militants take a pounding in their eroding Iraqi and Syrian strongholds, its leaders have set up a new headquarters in Syria away from the front lines, where they are digging in and likely planning more attacks against the West. The militants’ relocation could extend IS’ ability to wreak havoc in the region…
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US-backed Syrian force attacks ISIS-held capital of Raqqa
A U.S.-backed Syrian force said Tuesday it has begun an offensive to capture the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, after months of clearing operations. An American commander said the battle will be long and difficult, but success would deliver a decisive blow to the idea of ISIS…
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Syria says US airstrike killed several soldiers near Jordan
The strike was the first such close confrontation between U.S. forces and fighters backing President Bashar Assad and the development is likely to increase tensions in the war-torn country.
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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday.
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Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border
The Syrian army and members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group launched a major ground offensive on Friday aimed at ending the yearslong presence of hundreds of militants in a border area between the two countries.
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US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first
ASPEN, Colo. — The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won’t insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s immediate ouster, President Donald Trump’s homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday. “I don’t think it’s important for us to say Assad must go first,” Tom Bossert said at the Aspen Security Forum,…
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Parents of Marine vet who went missing in Syria believe he is alive
BEIRUT — The parents of an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for the past five years said on Thursday that they believe he is still alive — and that the U.S. and Syrian governments have assured them they are doing all they can to secure his safe release. The pair also expressed…
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Tensions rise as Russia, Iran send warnings after US shoots down Syrian warplane
Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions in retaliation for the U.S. military shooting down a Syrian warplane.
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Iraqi forces capture border crossing to Syria from ISIS
Tribal forces and border police, supported by Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition aircraft, took part in the operation to take the al-Waleed crossing, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
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Uncertainty over Islamic State leader’s fate after airstrike
The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders.
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Messy fight awaits Islamic State’s next Syrian capital at Mayadeen
As Islamic State militants take a pounding in their eroding Iraqi and Syrian strongholds, its leaders have set up a new headquarters in Syria away from the front lines, where they are digging in and likely planning more attacks against the West. The militants’ relocation could extend IS’ ability to wreak havoc in the region…
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US-backed Syrian force attacks ISIS-held capital of Raqqa
A U.S.-backed Syrian force said Tuesday it has begun an offensive to capture the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, after months of clearing operations. An American commander said the battle will be long and difficult, but success would deliver a decisive blow to the idea of ISIS…
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Syria says US airstrike killed several soldiers near Jordan
The strike was the first such close confrontation between U.S. forces and fighters backing President Bashar Assad and the development is likely to increase tensions in the war-torn country.
