

Politics Nov 23

Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Donald Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago.
By Zeke Miller, Associated Press
World Nov 10

A car bomb in northern Syria killed at least eight civilians and wounded 20 others Sunday in a town near the border with Turkey, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
By Associated Press
Nation Nov 07

In an internal memo, the top American diplomat in northern Syria takes the Trump administration to task for not doing more to prevent Turkey's invasion or protect the Kurds.
By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
World Nov 02

A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
By Zeynep Bilginsoy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Oct 25

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
The U.S. will send armored reinforcements into eastern Syria to bolster defenses against a potential move by Islamic State militants on oil fields controlled by U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday.
Oct 25

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press
The ministry said about 300 military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the northeastern areas along the border with Turkey.
Oct 24

By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
Turkish forces and their allies attacked Syrian government troops in northeastern Syria on Thursday, killing some of them, and they also clashed with Kurdish-led fighters, the state news agency in Damascus and a war monitoring group said.
Oct 24

By Associated Press
The blast went off in the town of Tal Abyad outside the headquarters of a militia of Syrian fighters allied to Turkey.
Oct 24

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Mark Esper said the invasion of northeastern Syria jeopardizes gains made in in recent years as the U.S.-led coalition and allied Syrian Kurdish forces battled the Islamic State group.
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