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World Aug 25
Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, U.S. tensionsFrom the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
World Jul 22
Syrian airstrikes kill dozens as fighting escalatesSyrian government forces launched their offensive in Idlib province in late April, but the troops have made little progress since the push started.
World May 10
Why Syria’s Assad is setting his sights on IdlibIdlib is once again a theater for bloody military operations: heavy bombardment, airstrikes and waves of civilian displacement.
World Apr 29
Islamic State leader appears in video for first time in 5 yearsAl-Bagdadi acknowledged that IS lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, which was captured last month by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
World Jan 11
U.S. official says withdrawal from Syria has begunAfter days of conflicting statements about a timeline for U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday that the withdrawal process has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or…
World Apr 22
Syrian military pummels ISIS-held districts in DamascusSyrian government forces used warplanes, helicopters and artillery on Sunday to pound districts of the capital held by the Islamic State group.
World Apr 14
Western airstrikes unlikely to impact Assad’s war machineThe Western airstrikes targeting suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities might have rained down punishment from the sky, but they will not fundamentally degrade a war machine whose main bases, weaponry and personnel remain in place.
World Apr 08
Syrian government: Rebels to give up last Ghouta suburbSyrian rebels agreed to give up their last foothold in the eastern suburbs of Damascus hours after an alleged gas attack killed at least 40 people.
World Mar 22
Defeated rebels begin leaving enclave near Syrian capitalCarrying their light arms, hundreds of defeated rebels began evacuating with their families Thursday from a devastated town in eastern Ghouta, an effective surrender under a deal with the government after a long siege and bombing campaign of the enclave…
World Feb 23
Death count rises in Syria bombing campaign near DamascusSyrian government warplanes supported by Russia continued their relentless bombardment of the rebel-controlled eastern suburbs of Damascus for a sixth day Friday, killing 32 people, opposition activists and a war monitor reported. The death toll from the past week climbed…
