More than 20 fighters from an Iraqi paramilitary force key to the battle against ISIS were killed in a Syria air raid the US linked to Israel
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Syria
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More than 920,000 people were displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018
Can America Heal the Psychological Wounds of our Syrian Refugees?
We can do a lot to protect refugee children (future American adults) against negative impact of trauma and depression
Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave
Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the country they control. “The only problem left in Syria is the SDF,” Assad told Russia Today in an interview aired Thursday, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces which has […]
Legal? Despite Withdrawal Pledge, Trump’s Massive Mission Creep in Syria
How is fighting Syrian government troops part of the US mission in Syria? Only by virtue of mission creep
Syria’s New Map: War Has Created Ethnic Cantons, Massively Displaced Communities
Many of the displaced say they have no home to go back to. Turkey has resettled Arab fundamentalists in former Kurdish villages.
With Palestinian help, Syria forcing ISIL Terrorists from last pocket near Damascus
The evacuation of jihadists from southern Damascus follows intense fighting with Syrian regime forces
Largest Israeli raids on Syria in Years hit ‘Iranian’ Targets after Rocket Fire
The incident came after weeks of rising tensions and followed US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal
Now Iraq is regularly bombing Syria . . . to Blast ISIL Remnants
Iraqi warplanes carried out a raid Sunday targeting Islamic State group commanders in eastern Syria
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