syria

Published
June 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
November 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."
Published
November 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.
Published
October 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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Published
October 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.
Published
October 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.'
Published
October 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.
Published
October 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.
Published
October 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.