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In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, arrives at a graduation ceremony of the Revolutionary Guard's officers, while deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, second right, former commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Rezaei, second left, and Yahya Rahim Safavi salute him in Tehran, Iran. Iran's supreme leader vowed Wednesday he will not allow international inspection of Iran's military sites or access to Iranian scientists under any nuclear agreement with world powers. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iranian leader, military use billions of dollars for terror ops, weapons, dissidents’ ebook says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Official: Couple hundred US Marines go into Syria

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this picture taken, Feb. 16, 2017, a Syrian school teacher from Deir Ezzour, stands with his son and daughter in Al Hol Camp, Hasakah Governorate, Syria. A new report by Save the Children says Syrian children are showing symptoms of ‘toxic stress’ from war exposure, and attempting self-harm and suicide. (Photo Courtesy: Jonathan Hyams, Save the Children via AP)

Report: Syrian children suffering ‘toxic stress’

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2015 file photo migrants cross the Austrian - Slovenian border in Spielfeld, Austria. Austria was among the first countries in Europe to put out the welcome mat to migrants when the first waves of people fleeing war and poverty reached the continent. Now, its focus is showing them the door. Parliament is set to pass a law stripping denied asylum-seekers of pocket money, food and shelter, potentially leaving them on the street. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna, file)

The Latest: EU moves to tighten border controls

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Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia's Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and their delegations attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish, U.S. and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The meeting comes amid renewed Turkish threats to hit U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish targets in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

Syria policy debated by Gen. Joseph Dunford and Russian, Turkish counterparts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia's Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and their delegations attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish, U.S. and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The meeting comes amid renewed Turkish threats to hit U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish targets in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

Turkish, US, Russian military chiefs discuss Syria tensions

By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this picture taken, Feb. 16, 2017, a Syrian school teacher from Deir Ezzour, stands with his son and daughter in Al Hol Camp, Hasakah Governorate, Syria. A new report by Save the Children says Syrian children are showing symptoms of ‘toxic stress’ from war exposure, and attempting self-harm and suicide. (Photo Courtesy: Jonathan Hyams, Save the Children via AP)

Report: Syrian children suffering ‘toxic stress’

Associated Press

Pentagon: US troops play new role in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this courtroom drawing, Elvis Redzepagic, left, appears before Magistrate Judge Robert Levy, right, Saturday, March 4, 2017, in New York, during his arraignment on charges that he attempted to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Prosecutors say the New York man repeatedly traveled to the Middle East to try to join the Islamic State or al-Nusra Front extremist groups and told authorities he'd been prepared to sacrifice himself for jihad. In the center is federal defender Mildred Whalen. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Prosecutors: NY man willing to sacrifice self for jihad

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this courtroom drawing, Elvis Redzepagic, left, appears before Magistrate Judge Robert Levy, right, Saturday, March 4, 2017, in New York, during his arraignment on charges that he attempted to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Prosecutors say the New York man repeatedly traveled to the Middle East to try to join the Islamic State or al-Nusra Front extremist groups and told authorities he'd been prepared to sacrifice himself for jihad. In the center is federal defender Mildred Whalen. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Prosecutors: NY man aimed to fight with Islamic extremists

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave flags on their vehicles, in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, from Raqqa, Syria. A major battle to liberate the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants is looming, with U.S. officials looking to build on momentum from the battlefields in Mosul. Armed with a new Pentagon plan to “rapidly defeat” the militants in both countries, President Donald Trump is now mulling options for upping the fight, which a top U.S. commander says he expects to be concluded within six months. (Militant website via AP, File)

Rivals in Syria race to assault militants’ ‘capital’ Raqqa

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This file image posted online on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, purports to show a general view of the ancient ruins of the city of Palmyra, in Homs province, Syria, with the Citadel of Palmyra in the background. Syrian state media said on Thursday, March 2, 2017, that military forces have entered Palmyra in the quest to again take the town from the Islamic State group. (Amaq News Agency via AP, File)

Syrian army re-enters town of Palmyra as ISIS defenses crumble

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, Syrian forces take up positions during fighting between Government forces and Islamic State group militants in the ancient city of Palmyra, near Homs, Syria. Syrian state media says government forces have reached the edge of Palmyra and are poised to reclaim the historic town from the Islamic State group. Arabic reads, &quot;Central Military Media, Homs, Syria.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Geneva talks to focus on Syria transition Friday

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In this Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend watches during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq. Now a four-star general who heads up U.S. Africa Command, Townsend on Jan. 7, 2020, released a statement addressing the previous day's unrest at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan, File) **FILE**

US general: Russia inadvertently struck US-backed Syrians

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Russia and China veto new UN sanctions on Syria

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2107 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford greets Defense Secretary Jimn Mattis at the Pentagon. A new military strategy to meet President Donald Trump’s demand “to obliterate” the Islamic State group is likely to deepen U.S. military involvement in Syria, possibly with more ground troops, even as the current U.S. approach in Iraq appears to be working and will require fewer changes. Dunford said Feb. 23 that the strategy will take aim not just at the Islamic State but at al-Qaida and other extremist organizations in the Middle East and beyond whose goal is to attack the United States. He emphasized that it would not rest mainly on military might. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon chief presented counter-IS plan to White House

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, left, arrives for a meeting during Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool Photo via AP)

Jets pound northwest Syria as Geneva meetings continue

By Philip Issa - Associated Press

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, right, attends a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian government delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (Pierre Albouy/Pool Photo via AP)

Deadly insurgent attack in Homs weighs on UN-led Syria talks

By JAMEY KEATEN and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL - Associated Press

The Latest: Syrian opposition hints govt behind Homs attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2016 file photo, a Syrian man carries a carpet through a devastated part of the town of Palmyra as families load their belongings onto buses in the central Homs province in Syria. Syrian media says a pair of attacks on two security locations in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 30 people. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

In a blow, twin attacks on Syrian security kill at least 32

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press