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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand in an area recently taken by SDF as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The Latest: Aid group says 62 die fleeing IS fighting

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A Humvee drives in a village recently retaken from Islamic State militants by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ** FILE **

Besieged ISIS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit

By Sarah el Deeb - Associated Press

Monitor: Blast in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib kills 3

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets for the second time in 10 days with Russia's Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Syrian missile accidentally brings down Russian plane, killing 15; Moscow blames Israel

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prior to their talks at the Bocharovy Ruchei residence, in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. The leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed Monday to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Syria’s government and opposition welcome Idlib deal

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

This photo released on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows smoke rising from a Syrian government airstrike, in Hobeit village, near Idlib, Syria. High-level diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey were meeting Tuesday with the U.N. envoy for Syria about creating a committee to revise the war-battered country's constitution. Tuesday's talks in Geneva under U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura come amid concerns he and other U.N. officials have expressed about a looming battle for Idlib. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

This photo released Tuesday, Sept 4, 2018 by the al-Qaida-affiliated Ibaa News Agency, shows smoke rising over buildings that were hit by airstrikes, in al-Sahan village, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. Arabic reads, &quot;Air raid by the Russian occupation plane targets al-Sahan village.&quot; Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with a massive military assault against Syria's northwest Idlib province. (Ibaa News Agency, via AP)

US lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump warns Syria against ‘slaughter,’ denies he wanted to assassinate Assad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

James Mattis: U.S. urges Russia to stop looming chemical weapons attack in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This photo provided on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian government forces firing their weapon during a battle against the Syrian opposition fighters, in the southern Aleppo countryside, Syria. Syrian state TV says government forces have retaken a key air base in northwest Syria that was lost to rebels in 2015. The state broadcaster says Syrian troops fought their way into the strategic Abu Zuhour air base on Saturday, in Idlib province. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Idlib, last refuge of Free Syrian Army, plagued by violence

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Gilgamesh Nabeel — Special to The Washington Times

This photo provided on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers extinguishing fire following a bombing that targeted the office of Ajnad al-Koukaz, a militant group consisting of foreign fighters mostly from the Caucuses and Russia, in Idlib, Syria. A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics in northwestern Syria say the death toll from a massive bombing has risen to at least 25 in addition to nearly 100 others wounded. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Syrian troops capture 14 villages from rebels

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In this photo provided on Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018 by the Syrian anti-government activist group, Edlib Media Center, EMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the Syrian civil defense known as the White Helmets, gathering at a street which was attacked by Russian airstrikes, in Maarat al-Nuaman town, southern Idlib province, Syria. Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey amid a crushing offensive just as the cold winter weather sets in. (Edlib Media Center via AP)

Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi, center front, speaks during a parliament session in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2015. Al-Halqi called on young Syrians Monday to fulfill their mandatory military service obligation, promising better pay for troops on the front lines as well as one meal of hot food a day. (SANA via AP)

Syrian air raids kill 49 in northwestern village, activists say

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows Nusra Front fighters walking in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. Hard-line Syrian rebel groups entered the strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have seen them take nearly all of a crucial province. Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, has killed some 220,000 people, and wounded at least 1 million. (Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP)

Syrian insurgents capture military base in northwest

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Officials: Syrian suicide bomber was an American

By MATTHEW LEE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

** FILE ** Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif at the front-line town of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's Idlib province on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Low on ammo, rebels slow their drive in northern Syria

By Steve Negus - Associated Press