List of Syria articles
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syria1 The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
America's allies find themselves trapped between the Islamic State and pro-Assad militias -- and the only thing keeping them safe is U.S. airstrikes.
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: BREAKING: ISIS Claims Deadly Tehran Attacks; Qatar Fallout; U.S. Bombs Iranian Militias
Pentagon Drops Chinese Military Report; Canada Walks Away From Trumpism
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A fighter of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, looks with binoculars as he sits next to anti-tank weapons in the village of Sabah al-Khayr on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor as they drive to encircle the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqa on February 21, 2017. The SDF made a major incursion into the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor as part of their push for Raqa, field commander Dejwar Khabat said. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Bombs Iranian Militia in Syria, As Fight For Raqqa Begins
Iran and U.S. edge closer to direct conflict in proxy fight in Syria.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrive to attend a press conferece after their talks in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after complaining of worsening ties with Donald Trump's administration as the two sides spar over Syria. Putin received Tillerson at the Kremlin along with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after the top diplomats held several hours of talks dominated by the fallout of an alleged chemical attack in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) Senators Push For Russia Sanctions While White House Conducts ‘Review’
Lawmakers from both parties want to ratchet up pressure on Moscow but the White House is studying whether existing sanctions are working.
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US-made armoured vehicles drive down a road in western Mosul's al-Rifai neighbourhood on May 31, 2017 after it was retaken by government forces during their ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images) Could ISIS Have Been Averted?
Different choices by the Obama administration could have made it harder for the Islamic State to become as powerful as it did.
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US President Donald Trump departs after delivering a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 6, 2017. Trump ordered a massive military strike against a Syria Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad. A US official said 59 precision guided missiles hit Shayrat Airfield in Syria, where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s ‘Secret Plan’ to Defeat ISIS Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
That's okay — so long as he sticks with it.
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A wounded Syrian girl looks on at a make shift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces on August 22, 2015. At least 20 civilians and wounded or trapped 200 in Douma, a monitoring group said, just six days after regime air strikes killed more than 100 people and sparked international condemnation of one of the bloodiest government attacks in Syria's war. AFP PHOTO / ABD DOUMANY / AFP / ABD DOUMANY (Photo credit should read ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images) Hospitals Become the Front Line in the Syrian Civil War
And aid groups say U.S. budget cuts may endanger doctors and further fuel the migrant crisis.
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An Afghan security force member stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017. At least 40 people were killed or wounded on May 31 as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. / AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Suicide Blast Rocks Kabul, Trump Mulls Surge; Arms For the YPG; U.S. Knocks Down ICBM
Russia Fires Missiles at ISIS; Washington May Host NATO Meeting
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WEST POINT, NY - MAY 27: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis greets West Point graduates at the conclusion of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2017 graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on May 27, 2017 in West Point, New York. Secretary Mattis addressed the 950 graduating cadets during the ceremony. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) SitRep: Mattis Lays Out Familiar Plan; Trump’s Generals Vs. Tillerson; Kushner in Hotseat
Big Missile Defense Test; Iranian Militias Making Their Move; North Korea Launches Another One
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EAST SEA - JULY 26: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission.) In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy and South Korean ships sail in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770) on July 26, 2010 in the East Sea off of the Korean peninsula. The United States and South Korea are conducting the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise "Invincible Spirit" in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. This is the first in a series of joint military exercises that will occur over the coming months in the East and West Seas. The exercise, the first joint drill after the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March 2010, has drawn condemnation from Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Talks Nuke Carrier Locations; Former CIA Boss Lays Out Elex Worries; Nikki Haley’s Foreign Policy
Everyone Rips Trump’s Defense Budget; Pentagon Finally Gets Some Staffers; More on Manchester; Air Force Keeps Planes, Navy Gets No New Ships in Budget, And Lots More
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Bracelets bearing portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R), his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (L) and Hassan Nasrallah (C) the leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, are displayed at a handicrafts shop in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on February 4, 2016. Syrian government troops moved closer to encircling rebels in the country's second city Aleppo, threatening a total siege after cutting their main supply line. / AFP / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) Are the U.S. and Iran on a Collision Course in Syria?
With Iran and its Shiite proxies determined to thwart American influence in Syria, Washington could soon find itself fighting a second front.
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GettyImages-603118702crop Russia’s Hearts-and-Minds Campaign in Syria Is Aimed at Home
The country's latest humanitarian efforts in the Middle East are designed to win over its own increasingly testy Muslims.
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U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump boards his plane following a rally in Vienna, Ohio, on March 14, 2016. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Israeli Intelligence Furious Over Trump’s Loose Lips
As the U.S. president heads to Israel for a show of unity, the country’s spies are alarmed at his disclosures to the Russians.
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spyer1 Syria Has Effectively Ceased to Exist
With Russians and Iranians in control in Damascus, the U.S. bolstering rebels, and no one powerful enough to press for unification, the breakup of Syria is a fait accompli.
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US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Hits the Road; U.S. Bombs Syrian Troops; White House Readying Plan to Hit Back at Critics
Chinese Planes Buzz U.S. Spy Plane; Defense Spending Topline; And Lots More
