syria
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PublishedJune 28, 2021
U.S. troops in Syria are attacked after airstrikes on militias
There is no indication that Sunday's attacks by the U.S. were meant as the start of a wider, sustained U.S. air campaign in the border region.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
U.S. airstrikes in Syria a warning to Iran, Biden says
Administration officials defend the raid as legal and appropriate even as several Democrats in Congress criticize the military action.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Pentagon spy agency finds Trump’s Syria withdrawal aided ISIS
The assessment, part of a quarterly report disclosed Tuesday, concluded that ISIS "exploited the Turkish incursion and subsequent drawdown of U.S. troops to reconstitute capabilities and resources within Syria."
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PublishedNovember 13, 2019
Trump, Erdogan have friendly talks, but differences persist
They fail to achieve an agreement on Turkey’s decision to accept delivery of a Russian air defense system.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2019
A mole inside Islamic State hideout was critical to raid’s success, officials say
The informant, cultivated by the Kurdish militia in Syria, is expected to receive some or all of the $25 million U.S. bounty that had been placed on the head of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2019
Security increased at prisons holding Islamic State supporters after leader’s death
Fear of chaos already was running high over the fate of those detained, after this month's U.S. withdrawal and the Turkish military invasion of northeastern Syria.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria oil fields
The president stirs fresh criticism with a tweet suggesting it's time for Kurds to 'start heading to the Oil Region.'
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Trump declares diplomatic win in northeastern Syria as Russian troops move in
But critics say the president has opened the door to a resurgence of ISIS and expanded control of the region by Russia and Iran.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2019
U.S. may keep some troops in Syria to protect oil fields, Pentagon says
The defense secretary says the move would be intended to prevent the Islamic State from profiting from oil.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2019
Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’
Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.
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