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McMaster casts doubt on US sending more troops to Syria

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Lavrov said he expected the OPCW ( Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ) to conduct an extensive probe into the suspected nerve gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, which could produce a report within about three weeks, the British delegation to the commission said Thursday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

The Latest: Syria says will restore rule in evacuated towns

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FiLE - This undated file photo provided Wake County Sheriff's Office shows Basit Sheikh. A federal judge is checking Thursday, April 13, 2017, whether Sheikh, a mentally ill North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria, has improved after nearly a year of forced medication. (Wake County Sheriff's Office/The News &amp; Observer via AP, File)

The Latest: Mentally ill terror suspect deemed fit for trial

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This photo provided by Hawar News Agency, a Kurdish-run news agency, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows fighters from the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces carrying the coffins of their comrades, who were killed Tuesday by a misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition, during their funeral procession, in Tal al-Abyad, northeast Syria, Thursday, April 13, 2017. U.S. Central Command said coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces, for a strike intended to target Islamic State militants south of their Tabqa stronghold. (Hawar News Agency via AP)

Misdirected US strike killed 18 allied fighters in Syria

By PHILIP ISSA and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this photo take April 5, 2017, White House Senior Counselor for Economic Initiatives Dina Powell, followed by Ivanka Trump, leave news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. In a White House split between outsider ideologues and more traditional operators, Powell is viewed as a steady force in the growing influence of the latter. A newer addition to the team, her West Wing experience, conservative background and policy chops have won over Trump’s daughter and son-in-law. Now, as the president turns his attention to international affairs, attempting to craft a foreign policy out of a self-described “flexible” approach to the world, Powell is at the table. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Who’s Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

This photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. A Pentagon spokesman said it was the first-ever combat use of the bomb, known as the GBU-43, which he said contains 11 tons of explosives. The Air Force calls it the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. Based on the acronym, it has been nicknamed the "Mother Of All Bombs." (Eglin Air Force Base via AP)

Pentagon: U.S. dropped the MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb, in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Joseph D. Jones was arrested by the FBI last month at Illinois Beach State Park on charges of conspiring to support the Islamic State terrorist group. (Associated Press)

Chicago-area chef, cancer worker charged in terrorist case

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump hails ‘great work’ by Rex Tillerson in Moscow

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a joint press conference with Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella after a meeting in Moscowís Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Sergio Mattarella is in Russia on an official visit. (Sergei Chirikov/ Pool photo via AP)

Analysis: Russia’s Assad stance dims hopes for US thaw

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Russia's top diplomat accuses the U.S. of carrying out an unlawful attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces as he opened a fraught meeting with Tillerson. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian envoy delivers diatribe on U.S. action in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian rebels sitting inside a vehicle of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent after they were released as part of a deal to evacuate over 10,000 residents from Madaya and Zabadani, two opposition-held areas near Damascus, and the two rebel-besieged villages of Foua and Kfarya, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Syria's government and rebels exchanged some 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate four besieged areas in different parts of the country, activists and officials said Wednesday. The Arabic words above read:&quot;Handing over the fighter prisoners as part of the exchange deal.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Russia: US attack spurs Syria military solution

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In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hand with Syria's President Bashar Assad in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin is backing a truly ‘evil’ person in Bashar Assad

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Monday, April 10, 2017, photo, a lifeguard in a watercraft tow two lifeguard divers back to shore after they completed a section in their search of the ocean floor for the body of a teenage boy from El Cajon, Calif., who went missing Sunday after being caught in a rip current in San Diego, Calif. The 17-year-old boy adjusting to a new life as a refugee in the United States after fleeing war-torn Syria with his parents and four sisters is presumed dead after disappearing in the ocean on his first trip to the beach. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Syrian refugee who fled war feared drowned off San Diego

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, shakes hands prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Tillerson's Moscow talks hinge on new US leverage over Syria. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia to reopen vital communication link with U.S. forces in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian rebels sitting inside a room before release as part of a deal to evacuate over 10,000 residents from Madaya and Zabadani, two opposition-held areas near Damascus, and the two rebel-besieged villages of Foua and Kfarya, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Syria's government and rebels exchanged some 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate four besieged areas in different parts of the country, activists and officials said Wednesday. The Arabic words above read:"Handing over the fighter prisoners as part of the exchange deal." (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Syria airstrikes was illogical move for Trump

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Mattis: Defeating Islamic State still top US priority

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson delivered an ultimatum to leaders in Moscow Tuesday, in which he said that the Russians must either get onboard against Syrian leader Bashar Assad or else embrace Mr. Assad and militant groups like Iran’s Hezbollah. (Associated Press)

Tillerson in Moscow: Pushing on Syria where Obama failed

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson delivered an ultimatum to leaders in Moscow Tuesday, in which he said that the Russians must either get onboard against Syrian leader Bashar Assad or else embrace Mr. Assad and militant groups like Iran’s Hezbollah. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Mattis says Islamic State still focus in Syria

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