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Russia announces humanitarian operation in Aleppo

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Philip Issa - Associated Press

In this photo released on Thursday, July 14, 2016, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, speaks during an interview with American network NBC News, in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s Bashar Assad blasts anti-Islamic State effort led by U.S. as counterproductive, illegal

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This file photo posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on April 1, 2016, shows fighters from al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, marching toward the northern village of al-Ais in Aleppo province, Syria. (Al-Nusra Front via AP, File)

Amnesty International accuses U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of war crimes

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the need for Syrian safe zones by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Reconsidering safe zones in Syria

By John Cappello and Patrick Megahan

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. State Department officials shook up America’s generally obedient diplomatic establishment this week with an internal memo urging U.S. military action against Syria’s government with the goal of pressing Assad to accept a cease-fire and gaining the upper hand on him in future talks on a political transition. (SANA via AP)

Obama admin struggles to contain fallout from leaked Syria memo

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad addresses the newly-elected parliament in Damascus, Syria, on June 7. (Associated Press)

Diplomats call for military strikes on Assad, Syria in internal memo

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This undated handout image released on Friday, May 13, 2016, by Hezbollah Media Department, shows slain top military commander Mustafa Badreddine smiling during a meeting. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in Syria. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)

Mustafa Badreddine, top Lebanese Hezbollah military commander, killed in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, left, during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2, 2016. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP)

John Kerry vows not to let Aleppo fall to Syrian President Bashar Assad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, April 24, 2016, file photo made from video posted online by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, people stand in rubble after airstrikes and shelling hit Aleppo, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP video, File)

Deadly airstrikes hit MSF-supported hospital in Syrian city

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Monday said that the aftermath of the ouster of Libya's Moammar Ghadhafi informed President Obama's military decision-making on Syria. (Associated Press)

Obama learned lessons from Libya ‘mistake,’ White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syria President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Assad has traveled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since the war broke out in Syria in 2011 to meet his strongest ally Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Syrian and Russian media reported Wednesday. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US-RUSSIA CROSSTALK: Syrian settlement as a precondition for routing international terrorism

By Alexander Aksenyonok

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an award ceremony for young Russian children's writers in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 25, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin is not pulling Russian forces out of Syria, despite his pledge: U.S. military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 14, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of the pullout of the Russian military from Syria starting Tuesday. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin orders surprise start of Russian military withdrawal from Syria

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Russian bomber drops bombs on a target in this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry. (Associated Press)

Russia dropping ‘dumb’ bombs in Syria, indiscriminately killing rebels and civilians alike

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fighting around Syria's largest city of Aleppo has brought government forces closer to the Turkish border than at any point in recent years, routing rebels from key areas and creating a humanitarian disaster. (Associated Press)

Syria cease-fire would help Bashar Assad, allies secure control of Aleppo

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2016 file-pool photo, Secretary of State John Kerry at a conference entitled 'Supporting Syria &amp; The Region,' in London. As Kerry heads to Munich, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in search of compromises that could yield a truce and revive peace talks that were suspended before they really started, the administration is being pressed by all sides to clarify its strategy. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Obama administration opening 2-front campaign on Syria

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chuvashia regional leader Mikhail Ignatyev in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin’s forces refuse to attack Islamic State in Syria

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, speaks during an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

Bashar Assad’s battlefield gains cast cloud on upcoming Syria talks

By Brian Rohan - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, looks on in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin says it would be easier to shelter Assad than give asylum to Snowden

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, speaks during an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. The Obama administration's best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Assad stepping down as the country's leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack Obama's presidency by at least two months, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. (SANA via AP)

U.S. sees Bashar Assad staying in Syria until March 2017

By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press