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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Russia24 TV and Rossiya Segodnya news agency, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Assad said the American presence in Syria will lead to armed &quot;resistance&quot; that will eventually force the U.S. troops to leave. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s Bashar Assad says ‘resistance’ will force U.S. troops out

By Albert Aji - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, U.S. forces patrol Syrian oil fields, in eastern Syria.President Donald Trump's decision to dispatch new U.S. forces to eastern Syria to secure oil fields is being criticized by some experts as ill-defined and ambiguous. But the residents of the area, one of the country's most remote and richest regions, hope the U.S. focus on eastern Syria would bring an economic boon and eliminate what remains of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

For east Syria, US troops are about much more than oil

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Despite President Trump's efforts to pull American forces from a "forever war" in Syria, Pentagon leaders said the mission to protect vital oil fields from ISIS has expanded and now includes a directive to keep anyone — including the Russian military and Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's forces — away from the energy reserves. (Associated Press file photo)

U.S. to block Russian, Syrian military forces from vast oil fields

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Syria Exit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Trump and the new reality in Syria

By Daniel Gallington and Abraham Wagner

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2014, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country’s multifront wars. Without firing a shot, his forces are returning to towns and villages in northeastern Syria where they haven’t set foot for years. (SANA via AP, File)

Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the Kurdish news agency, residents who are angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria hurl potatoes at American military vehicles in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday in Afghanistan that U.S. troops will stay in eastern Turkey to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and that he was discussing options to keep them there. (ANHA via AP)

The Latest: Pence says 5-day cease-fire in Syria has held

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President Donald Trump speaks about Turkey as he arrives at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump Syria withdrawal ‘not only appropriate, but overdue,’ foreign policy ‘realists’ say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People standing on a rooftop in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, watch as in the background smoke billows from fires caused by Turkish bombardment in Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Turkey's official Anadolu news agency says Turkey-backed Syrian forces have advanced into the center of a Syrian border town, Tal Abyad, on the fifth day of the Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds eye Syria, Russia alliance as Turkey military advances

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 file photo, a fighter from the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, stands guard inside a post where U.S. troops were based, in Tal Abyad town, at the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria. The region of northeastern Syria, where the Turkish president intends to launch an operation to carve out a safe zone, is one of the most combustible in Syria’s long-running civil war. A U.S. troop withdrawal and Turkish assault on the area risks re-igniting fighting in a corner of Syria only recently stabilized and where sleeper cells of the Islamic State group continue to operate. (AP Photo, File)

A look at who’s who in northeast Syria as war fears rise

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2019, photo, released by the U.S. Army, a U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a Kurdish fighters' fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the so-called &quot;safe zone&quot; near the Turkish border. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)

In Syrian endgame, U.S. officials see challenge from ISIS, Bashar Assad

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Syrian soldiers prepare to take part in military exercises led by Russian military advisers at a military base about 50-kilometers away from Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Former rebel stronghold in Syria begins to rebuild

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

‘Forgotten’ war: Syria conflict a footnote at UN meeting

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Freeland calls acceptance of Syrian envoy unacceptable.

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Syrian president issues new amnesty, reduces sentences

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A Syrian soldier stands on a tank waving a national flag in the northwestern town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. The town was captured by Syrian troops this week after a monthslong offensive. (AP Photo/Albert Aji)

Syrian troops surround Turkish post in country’s northwest

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 24, 2019 photo, a Syrian woman leaves a pharmacy after buying medicine in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syrians say it’s even harder now to make ends meet than it was during the height of their country’s civil war because of intensified U.S and European sanctions. Prices have leaped because of restrictions on oil imports, the value of the currency has plunged in recent months. Most of the country is now below the poverty line, earning less than $100 a month. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Western sanctions push war-weary Syrians deeper into poverty

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., participates in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kamala Harris dismisses Tulsi Gabbard as a low-polling Assad ‘apologist’ post-debate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets Cardinal Peter Turkson, second right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 22, 2019. Syrian state media says Pope Francis sent a message to President Bashar Assad expressing his support for the restoration of stability in Syria and an end to the suffering of its people. Assad’s office released a statement saying that the message was delivered Monday by Cardinal Peter Turkson. (Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

Pope urges concrete measures to protect Syrian civilians

Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi, left, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 7, 2019. Alawi made a rare visit to Damascus where he discussed with President Bashar Assad ways of restoring stability and security in the region.(SANA via AP)

Omani foreign minister makes rare visit to Syria

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Reports: Syrian president replaces security chiefs

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