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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows rubble at a destroyed building with a hit by an explosion, in Deir el-Zour, Syria, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. An explosion in eastern Syria killed people, according to reports. A war monitoring group said the blast was likely caused by a drone strike that targeted Iran-backed militiamen. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. retaliates with ‘precision airstrikes’ in Syria after Iranian-made drone kills American worker

By Lou Kesten, Bassem Mroue and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Report: Israeli airstrikes on eastern Syria kill 14 fighters

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In this Oct. 24, 2019, photo, U.S. service members load military equipment from an aircraft cargo loader onto a plane at the Kobani Landing Zone (KLZ), Syria. Pivoting from the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group's leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria's oil fields from the extremist group as well as from Syria itself and the country's Russian allies. It's a new high-stakes mission even as American troops are withdrawn from other parts of the country.(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hammock via AP)

Trump claim to Syrian oil raises many questions

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 23, 2019 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants. SDF defeated the IS in March but the Kurdish-led force is now facing protests by local Arab tribesmen in Deir el-Zour province. If the protests turn to an all-out uprising against the SDF it could be a blow to Washington as President Trump has plans to reduce America's military presence in Syria. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Anti-Kurdish protests in east Syria could endanger US plans

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit atop a hill in the desert outside the village of Baghouz, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. U.S.-backed Syrian forces are clearing two villages in eastern Syria of remaining Islamic State militants who are hiding among the local population, and detaining others attempting to flee with the civilians, the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Push on last IS enclave blunted by discovery of civilians

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Syria and Jordan agree to reopen vital crossing

By ALBERT AJI and OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Russia says 4 of its soldiers have been killed in Syria

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This photo released by the Israel Defense Forces shows what was believed to be a nuclear reactor site that was destroyed by Israel, in the Deir el-Zour region, 450 kilometers (about 300 miles) northwest of Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military confirmed Wednesday that it carried out the 2007 airstrike in Syria that destroyed what was believed to be a nuclear reactor, lifting the veil of secrecy over one of its most daring and mysterious operations in recent memory. (IDF via AP)

Israeli military confirms it hit Syrian nuclear site in 2007

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

This frame grab from a video released on Nov. 2, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a Syrian army tank firing during a battle against Islamic State militants in Deir el-Zour, Syria. The Syrian army announced on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group. (SANA via AP)

Assad regime gains momentum in ISIS fight, captures major terror enclave

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 file photo, Russian military helicopter flies over a desert in Deir es-Zor province, Syria. Russian special forces are helping Syrian government troops fight Islamic State militants in the battle underway for the strategic city of Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria, the defense ministry in Moscow said on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. The deployment comes amid rising concerns of a direct confrontation on the ground between Russian-backed forces on one side and the U.S.-supported Kurdish-led Syrian forces on the other. (AP Photo, File)

US, Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs as he fires mortars at Islamic State group militant, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, that the battle for the Islamic State group's de-facto capital, Raqqa, has reached its &quot;final stages&quot; with the opening of a new front. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Russia warns US, says special forces helping Syrian troops

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 photo Russian military helicopter flies over a desert in Deir es-Zor province, Syria. A U.S.-backed force in Syria said a Russian airstrike wounded six of its fighters Saturday near the eastern city of Deir el-Zour while in southeast Syria, Syrian troops and their Iran-backed allies began a new offensive aiming to capture areas along the Iraq border under the cover of Russian airstrikes. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops battling IS cross river toward US-backed force

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 photo Syrian and Russian flags wave as local residents stand at the check-point of the de-escalation zones near Homs, Syria. Hundreds of people, mostly women and elderly men, living on the both sides which recently was a frontline between Syrian government forces and the Free Syrian Army flocked to a Russian military police check-point on Wednesday to get Russian food aid. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

Aided by Russia, Syrian forces consolidate military gains

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2017 file photo, an Arab fighter, left, and Kurdish fighter, right, who fight together with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), hold their weapons as they prepare to move to the front line to battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters are preparing to launch an offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq in a race with government forces who are marching in the same direction in a crushing assault against the extremists in their last major holdout in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Syrian army in race with US-armed fighters for eastern Syria

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A relative of one of the soldiers who was kidnapped and later killed by Islamic State militants weeps in a tent set up in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The results of DNA testing announced Wednesday confirmed that bodies recovered from the Lebanese-Syrian border area last month belong to 8 Lebanese soldiers who were abducted and later killed by Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The Latest: Hezbollah welcomes Syrian breach of IS siege

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This photo released on Saturday, Sept 2, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen advancing up a hill in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. Opposition activists and Syrian state media say government forces are close to breaking a nearly three-year siege imposed by the Islamic State group on parts of the provincial capital of the oil-rich province of the same name. (SANA via AP)

The Latest: Russia welcomes Syrian breach of IS siege

Associated Press

This photo released on Saturday, Sept 2, 2017, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen standing guard at one of the frontline hills where they are fighting Islamic State militants in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. Syrian opposition activists and state media say government forces are close to breaking a nearly three-year siege imposed by the Islamic State group on parts of the provincial capital of the oil-rich province of the same name. (SANA via AP)

Russia fires cruise missiles at ISIS targets in east Syria

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

UN: Trucks readied to send polio vaccine for IS-held Syria

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In this May 15, 2017, photo, Iraqi civilians walk through rubble as they flee fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. The United States is looking ahead toward a decisive battleground in its bid to destroy the Islamic State group, even as U.S.-backed local forces must still finish the fight for the extremists’ two main strongholds in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

US pitches plan to Russia to avoid armed conflict in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2017, photo, Iraqi civilians walk through rubble as they flee fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. The United States is looking ahead toward a decisive battleground in its bid to destroy the Islamic State group, even as U.S.-backed local forces must still finish the fight for the extremists’ two main strongholds in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

US makes proposal to Russia for managing Syria battlefield

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press