U.S. forces captured a global ISIS recruiter during a helicopter assault in Syria alongside allied forces. The U.S. has roughly 900 soldiers stationed in the country.
Keeping the spotlight on the West’s ongoing devastation of Afghanistan and Syria
British military intervention may have receded for now, but the devastating effect of economic sanctions continues to kill in the same numbers as a war would — we cannot let the public look away yet, …
The effects at home of Syria’s civil war
ALTINDAG, A NORTHERN suburb of Ankara, still bears the scars of summer 2021, when local mobs rampaged through the streets, attacking Syrian businesses and homes after the killing of a Turkish …
Keep US Troops in Syria
It was nearly freezing that Syrian night. On a hard-dirt landing strip near the northeastern city of Kobani, I waited with two long lines of U.S. Special Forces soldiers behind a huge C-17 …
America’s Presence in Syria Is Riskier Than Ever
“Out with the new, in with the old” appears to be the doctrine for U.S. policy in Syria in 2023. U.S. troops are resuming operations after a pause in the wake of Turkey’s attacks on U.S …
Iran Doubles The Price Of Its Oil Going To Syria
Iran is doubling the price of its oil going to Syria to a market rate of over $70 per barrel and now refuses to ship oil to Damascus on credit, demanding payment in advance, sources with knowledge …
Ukraine’s Consequences Are Finally Spreading to Syria
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating more than 1,000 miles away in Syria. Squeezed by its strategic blunder, Moscow’s shrinking strategic bandwidth and its diminished capacities in Syria have …
Iraq repatriates 580 citizens from Syria’s al-Hol camp
The Islamic State sees the tens of thousands of detainees at al-Hol and other prison facilities in Syria as key to rebuilding its army, US officials have said.
Iraq repatriates 580 citizens from Syria’s al-Hol camp
The Islamic State sees the tens of thousands of detainees at al-Hol and other prison facilities in Syria as key to rebuilding its army, US officials have said.
In Syria, businesses experience extortion from Bashar Al-Assad’s regime
Even in the small stores of Damascus and Aleppo, no trade or industry escapes the extortion campaign led by President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime under the guise of fiscal rigor and the fight against the …