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Redrawing Syria
With Donald Trump back in the Middle East spotlight, it appears the region's geopolitical map is being redrawn-if not geographically, then certainly in terms of power dynamics. Chief among the ...
And despite his imprisonment, he still wields great influence over the P.K.K. and its affiliated militias in Iraq ... were forced to flee ISIS fighting in northern Syria, waited for transportation ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have announced an agreement with the transitional government in Damascus to evacuate ...
Syrian security troops have commenced operations to “eradicate” ISIS from urban centres, an Interior Ministry official told ...
The Trump administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as easing restrictions on ...
Dozens of foreigners, including aid workers and journalists, were killed by ISIS militants who had controlled large swaths of Syria and Iraq for half a decade and declared a so-called caliphate.
The 26-year-old from Indiana was taken captive while doing aid work in Syria. ISIS claimed responsibility for Kassig's ... Kassig was a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Iraq war. He received ...
Diane Foley, the mother of slain ISIS hostage James Foley (C), stands ... ISIL once controlled vast swaths of Syria and Iraq, ruling over millions of people. At the peak of its power from 2014 ...