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Russian air support, closely coordinated with the IRGC and its network of foreign proxies, has been critical to the success of Iranian operations—and to keeping Assad in power. SYRIA'S IMPACT The war ...
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump ordered the full withdrawal of U.S. troops in northern Syria, a move clearing the way for President Bashar Assad's ...
Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters fire a heavy machine-gun towards Kurdish fighters, in Syria's northern region of Manbij on Oct. 14, 2019.
On March 18, 2019, special operations unit Task Force 9 dropped several large bombs on Baghuz, Syria, a community that was largely controlled by the Islamic State and contained “thousands” of ...
This year, the continued violent reimposition of government control in Syria was included as a top tier priority in the Center for Preventive Action’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey.
A bipartisan pair of members of Congress made the first official U.S. visit there since the fall of the Assad government, ...
Despite a renewed commitment on civilian casualties, the Pentagon has decided to hold no one accountable for a 2019 strike in Baghouz, Syria, that killed four civilians and wounded 15.
ISIS was largely defeated in Syria in 2019. However, it still has cells that operate. The US-led Coalition continues ...
The SDF was the main force allied with the United States in Syria during fighting that defeated ISIL (ISIS) in 2019. In March, the SDF signed a deal with the new government to join Syria’s state ...
The U.S. military carried out a raid in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing a senior ISIS figure who had been poised to become ...
Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, who was identified as the ISIS leader, was killed in the operation along with his sons Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya Zawba al-Hardani, according to ...