List of Syria articles
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An image grab taken from a July 2014 propaganda video showing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Can the Islamic State Survive If Baghdadi Is Dead?
Rumors are swirling that the Russians may have killed the ISIS leader. But lopping off the head won’t kill the snake.
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A fighter from the Syriac Military Council (SMC), a small minority of Christian fighters supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces in the combat against the Islamic State (IS) group, walks in the suburb of al-Rumaniya on the western outskirts of Raqa on June 27, 2017, after the area was seized from the jihadists. As the fightback against IS intensified the Syriac Military Council (SMC) -- formed in 2013 to defend the community during Syria's civil war -- joined with the SDF. After a months-long operation to encircle Raqa, the SDF burst into the city on June 6 and are chipping away at jihadist-held districts, with help from heavy US-led coalition air strikes. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Seven Days, a Gun, and a Prayer: The Pentagon’s Plan to Pacify Raqqa
Thousands of new security personnel are being trained by U.S. special operations forces to keep the peace in Raqqa after the Islamic State, but is a week of training enough?
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GettyImages-694085720 Islamic State Revenues Down 80 Percent from 2015
A new report says the caliphate’s days are numbered.
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SREBRENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - JULY 10: A woman mourns over a coffin among 136 coffins of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre at the Potocari cemetery and memorial near Srebrenica on July 10, 2015 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The newly-identified remains of another 136 victims from Srebrenica massacre will be buried at the ceremony on July 11, 2015 on the 20th anniversary of the massacre. At least 8,3000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys who had sought safe heaven at the U.N.-protected enclave at Srebrenica were killed by members of the Republic of Serbia (Republika Srpska) army under the leadership of General Ratko Mladic, who is currently facing charges of war crimes at The Hague, during the Bosnian war in 1995. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images) The Hague Just Reminded Us Why Safe Zones May Not Be Safe
A Hague ruling has implicated Dutch soldiers in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that occurred in a U.N.-designated safe zone.
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spyer1 Trump Is Tripping Over Iran and Russia’s Red Lines in Syria
Moscow and Tehran know what they’re fighting for. Does Washington?
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ypg I Fled the Islamic State’s ‘Caliphate’ in Raqqa — But Fear Its Liberators
The Arab residents of my hometown are trading their jihadi tormentors for Kurdish rulers they don't entirely trust.
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Fire and smoke billow following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa on February 20, 2017. / AFP / MOHAMAD ABAZEED (Photo credit should read MOHAMAD ABAZEED/AFP/Getty Images) -
Is Trump Preparing For a Conflict With Iran?
Tensions are rising within the Trump administration and on the ground in Syria. This could be the beginning of a very ugly confrontation.
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A Syrian man and his children carry sacks of wheat and aid, provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), in Kafr Batna, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 1, 2016. Aid workers made the first delivery of desperately needed assistance since the start of Syria's fragile ceasefire, as an international task force met to try to bolster the truce. / AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY (Photo credit should read AMER ALMOHIBANY/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Taxpayers Are Helping Bashar Al-Assad in a Strategic City
While U.S. and U.N. provide humanitarian relief to Deir Ezzor, Syria starves civilians in opposition towns.
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A US airman (C) stands near F-15C fighter planes on the tarmac as part of the combat search and rescue exercise "Cope Taufan" in Butterworth, some 330 kilometres northwest of Kuala Lumpur on June 15, 2014. The US Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force participated in exercise Cope Taufan 14 to improve combined readiness and cooperation between the two countries. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (Photo credit should read MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: U.S., Russia Still Talking in Syria; Iraqi, Syrian Troops Meet at Border; Baltic Buildup Complete
Saudi Says it Captured Iranian Troops; Kabul Deepens Taliban Fractures; Paris Air Show Updates
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camp david French Elections, Brexit Negotiations, Ukrainian Pride: The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead
What you might have missed in the past few days, and what to watch in the days to come.
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Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, a twin-engine, supersonic, all weather multirole fighter takes part in a flying display at the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 12, 2016. / AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: More Fighting Between Syria, Iran, and U.S.; USS Fitzgerald Goes Home; What Afghanistan Strategy?
War Game Shows Importance of Critical Bit of Eastern Europe; Israel Backs Syria Rebels; Final Days of U.S. pacific Commander?
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford are seen on West Executive Drive after briefing US senators on the situation in North Korea in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House on April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) White House Officials Push for Widening War in Syria Over Pentagon Objections
Two Trump officials want to confront Iranian-backed fighters, but Defense Secretary James Mattis has balked at the idea.
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US troops sit atop an armoured vehicle on a road near the northern Syrian village of Ain Issa on June 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Iranian-Backed Militias Employ Drone Against U.S. Forces in Syria
American troops are engaging in a widening war with Iranian proxies in Syria.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 05: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in Islington on July 5, 2016 in London, England. Mr Corbyn has said he will remain as leader of Labour despite a string of shadow cabinet resignations and a motion of no confidence being passed by MPs in the party. Former shadow business secretary Angela Eagle has indicated she will run against Mr Corbyn as Labour Party leader unless he steps down. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) Voting for Jeremy Corbyn Isn’t Just Dumb. It’s Dangerous.
British voters already pulled the lever for Brexit. Will they elect a terrorist-loving, Jew-baiting, NATO-hater as prime minister next?
