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In this photo released on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad meets with former hostages released in an prisoner exchange with rebels, in Damascus, Syria. The "First Coastal Division" rebel faction released 55 women and children detainees on Tuesday in exchange for the government releasing 54 women prisoners of its own. (SANA via AP)

Bashar Assad on Donald Trump’s proposed ‘safe zones’ for Syria: ‘It’s not a realistic idea at all’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (SANA via AP)

Bashar Assad: U.S. troops welcome in Syria to fight terrorism

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, CIA Director-designate Rep. Michael Pompeo, R-Kan., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. CIA Chief Mike Pompeo is scheduled to arrive Thursday, Feb. 9, in Turkey to discuss security issues on his first overseas trip in his new role (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)

Turkey detains 4 ISIS suspects, seizes 24 suicide attack belts

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

East Aleppo, Syria, was widely brought to ruin by years of war, and now with Russia and Turkey leading peace efforts, international officials say it's time to start rebuilding. (Associated Press)

ISIS fight could turn on military moves by Turkey and Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pentagon: Airstrikes in Syria killed 11 al-Qaida operatives

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Lynn Maalouf, deputy director of research at Amnesty International Middle East and North Africa, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Amnesty International says Syrian authorities killed at least 13,000 people in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as the “slaughterhouse.” (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

At least 13,000 hanged in Syrian prison since 2011: Report

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In this July 26, 2016, file photo, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Gabbard says she met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a recent trip to the war-torn country. Appearing on CNN, she says there is no possibility for a viable peace agreement in Syria unless Assad is part of the conversation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) — FILE

Syrian ‘moderates’ are not what they seen

By Adam Wallinsky

Syrian and Turkish forces have encircled the city of al-Bab, which the Islamic State terror army has been using as a way station to move weapons, soldiers and other crucial supplies into the group's home base in Raqqa. An assault on the group's stronghold may be imminent. (Reuters)

ISIS hold in Syria loosens after forces cut off supply lines around al-Bab

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pendleton family proud to be American and Syrian

By MIKE EADS - Associated Press

Jordan drones hit IS arms depot, barracks in southern Syria

Associated Press

Reema Duhman poses for a photo Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in the offices of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle with a photo of her son displayed on her phone. Duhman, who fled war-torn Syria and now is a lawful permanent U.S. resident who lives in Seattle, had almost completed the complicated process of securing a visa for her 16-year-old son, who is still in Syria, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting anyone from Syria and six other countries from traveling to the U.S. Duhman is a plaintiff in a federal class-action lawsuit filed this week by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project that says Trump's order is unconstitutional and a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Syrian mom in Trump lawsuit: ‘It’s unfair’ son stuck abroad

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on April 25, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, Nusra Front fighters stand on their vehicles and wave their group's flags as they tour the streets of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. The battle for Aleppo has gripped the world, but it is hardly the only active front across Syria. One of the next targets for the forces of Bashar Assad will probably be the heartland of rebel territory, the neighboring Idlib province. (Al-Nusra Front Twitter page via AP, File)

Inside the Ring: Al Qaeda resurgence

By Bill Gertz

President Obama imposed a temporary freeze on refugees to tighten a shaky vetting process, but once the freeze was lifted, there was still no reliable way to distinguish terrorists from peaceful refugees or legitimate travelers, jihadi analysts say. (Associated Press)

Obama refugee vetting procedure enabled Iraqi terrorists to enter U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gabbard says she’ll personally pay for her trip to Syria

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Amal Khan holds her one-year-old daughter Razan Sofia Bashir at San Francisco International Airport as she protests President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The Latest: Somali refugee won’t be reunited with girl, 4

Associated Press

Jacklyn Parsons, center raises her fist in the air while participating in a sit-in protest at the Albuquerque Sunport Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Albuquerque, N.M.. A group of 1,000 protesters took over the arrival and departure area to express their opposition to President Trump's Executive Order to ban entry to the U.S to citizens from 7 predominant muslim countries, (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)

The Latest: Pearce: Trump’s travel ban ‘poorly executed’

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Attorneys offer legal help near the arrivals gate at San Francisco International Airport following President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Trump ban creates chaos for travelers in, out of the country

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo, Khaled Almilaji stands for a portrait on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he is studying for a master's degree in public health. Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children during the country's civil war, said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, that he is stuck in Turkey because President Donald Trump's executive order does not permit him to return to Providence where he lives with his his pregnant wife. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Syrian doctor studying in US stuck abroad due to travel ban

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

Indiana group expected refugees arriving from Burma, Syria

Associated Press