President Donald Trump said killing Syria’s authoritarian ruler was never contemplated, calling reports suggesting otherwise “fiction.” …
U.S. citizen detained in Syria charged for aiding IS
Prosecutors in a Washington, D.C, federal court unsealed an indictment and an arrest warrant Wednesday charging a naturalized U.S. citizen detained in Syria last year by U.S.-backed forces of being a …
Trump appears to contradict earlier remarks on desire to assassinate Syria’s leader
President tells Fox & Friends he wanted to target Bashar Assad, but Jim Mattis “didn’t want to.” Two years ago he said it was “never even contemplated.” …
A US Army attack helicopter had to make an emergency landing In Syria
The crew noticed a possible transmission fault, but the helicopter was able to return safely to base.
UK repatriates child orphaned in Syria after Isis collapse
Child is thought to be first to have returned from the country since November …
Beware a Russian ‘October Surprise’ in Syria | Opinion
Russia seeks to leverage the Iranian threats in Iraq to pressure the U.S., while pushing on the Syrian front. This strategy in a sense creates a two-front push against the U.S. in the region and …
British child brought home from Syria
A British child has been repatriated from Syria in a rescue mission by the Foreign Office, one of dozens still believed to be trapped after the collapse of Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate.
Islamic State: British child rescued from Syria, foreign secretary says
The UK has rescued a British child from Syria as part of efforts to return unaccompanied minors stranded amid the fallout of the Islamic State conflict. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said …
UN experts decry continued abuse as Syria’s war grinds on
United Nations-backed investigators have pointed to signs that Syria’s government still continues to commit crimes against humanity including rape, torture, and murder as the country’s nine-year war …
Trump threatens to retaliate with ‘1,000 times greater’ force against any Iran attack
US intelligence said to fear attack on US envoy to South Africa as Trump claims he had also discussed plan to assassinate Syria’s Assad …