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Mar 02

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News Wrap: Trump touts plan for naval expansion aboard aircraft carrier

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In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump carried his call for a major military build up aboard a newly built aircraft carrier, where he spoke to a U.S. Navy audience. Also, the U.S. struck hard at al-Qaida militants in Yemen…

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Jan 20

Defense official: Al-Qaida training camp in Syria bombed Thursday

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

U.S. warplanes bombed an al-Qaida training camp in Syria, killing more than 100 militants, marking the second major U.S. counterterrorism strike in the final hours of Barack Obama's presidency, a defense official said Friday.

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Sep 22

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Launching new strikes, defiant Assad blames U.S. for failed cease-fire

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The Syrian army announced a major new offensive against the rebel-held, eastern sectors of Aleppo. That came after scores of airstrikes lit the skies of Aleppo overnight. It was all a thundering, brutal answer to Secretary of State John Kerry’s…

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Aug 18

Watch 9:47
Will the haunting image of an injured Syrian boy make a difference?

By PBS NewsHour

Airstrikes are a constant in Aleppo, Syria. But this week, global attention was captured by a haunting snapshot of one strike’s aftermath: a 5-year-old boy bloodied, dust covered and dazed. Such images have a history of going viral. But do…

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Aug 15

Watch 11:41
Repeatedly targeted by airstrikes, Syrian doctors feel abandoned

By Marcia Biggs

In Syria’s ongoing war, doctors are under attack in the very places they expect to be safe: their hospitals. Last week, pro-government forces bombed a maternity hospital in the northwestern city of Idlib -- just one of the more than…

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Aug 11

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In key Afghan province, thousands displaced as Taliban gains ground

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In Afghanistan's Helmand province, the army is losing ground to Taliban insurgents; 30,000 people have been displaced in the last few weeks alone. Gwen Ifill speaks with special correspondent Jennifer Glasse about the province's critical location, the effects of the…

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Aug 04

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Obama appears at Pentagon to discuss strategy for countering ISIS

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President Obama spoke at the Pentagon Thursday about the U.S. plan for continued military action in Libya. His report came three days after the U.S. launched airstrikes in and around Sirte, in an attempt to reclaim the Islamic State stronghold.

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Jan 22

U.S. confirms additional civilian casualties from airstrikes

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

The U.S. military says American airstrikes likely killed two civilians near the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqqa, Syria, last July. That's on top of eight other civilian deaths the military acknowledged last week.

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Jan 15

U.S. military confirms 8 civilian deaths in 2014 airstrikes

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military says eight civilians were killed and three others injured in five airstrikes last year in Iraq and Syria.

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Jan 07

Watch 5:06
News Wrap: Truck bomb kills dozens in Libya

By PBS NewsHour

In our news wrap Thursday, at least 47 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Libya by a truck bomb targeting a police training center with hundreds of recruits. Also, dozens of Saudi airstrikes hit targets in Yemen's…

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