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In this Dec. 2, 2016 photo, a pair of Daesh, or ISIS, patches, a wrist band featuring Syrian government markings and a bayonet collected from the battlefield in Syria are arranged atop on of Freeman Stevenson's YPG camouflage uniforms arranged for a photograph in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Stevenson volunteered for combat alongside the Kurdish militia and said he wanted to fight the Islamic State. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)

Utahns volunteer for combat alongside Kurdish militia

By DAPHNE CHEN - Associated Press

This image posted online Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, shows smoke rising in the aftermath of an airstrike that targeted areas in Raqqa, Syria. The photo bears the watermark of Islamic State media releases and is consistent with other AP reporting. The Arabic caption on the photo reads, &quot;Russian warplanes target homes of Muslims in Raqqa.” (militant photo via AP) ** FILE **

The Latest: Turkey sends 300 more troops to Syria border

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FILE In this file photo taken on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Russian troops are seen near truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin is projecting Russian military power overseas on a scale unseen since Soviet times. A massive reform effort begun in the wake of Russia’s troubled 2008 invasion of Georgia has transformed what long were crumbling, demoralized forces into an agile military capable of swift action in Ukraine and Syria. Russia’s young men once typically shunned their obligatory military service, but today’s recruits talk eagerly of longer-term enlistments. (AP Photo/File)

Putin’s Russia seeks to project power with modern military

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

UN chief alarmed at ‘weakening taboo’ on Syria chemical use

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A volunteer medic's flak jacket is stained with blood at a field clinic on the outskirts of Mosul. As Iraqi forces struggle to secure gains against the Islamic State group, casualties are spiking. U.S. troop levels — and their roles in Iraq and Syria — have "been a key factor in our considerations going forward," said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook.

U.S. troop numbers in Iraq, Syria depend on ISIS fight

By Carlo Munoz - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Civil Defense workers walk past damaged buildings after airstrikes hit in Abian Saman town, in rural western Aleppo province, Syria, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Despite a halt in airstrikes in eastern Aleppo city, there has been an intense aerial bombing campaign in the western Aleppo countryside and nearby Idlib province. Rebels say the strikes are an attempt to sever the supply lines of the rebels, waging an offensive on government-held western Aleppo. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Iran commands 25,000 militants in Syria

By L. Todd Wood

Activists place false limbs outside the Russian Embassy in London where two campaign groups, The Syria Campaign and Syria Solidarity UK, have scattered over 800 limbs around the gates of the building in a protest at the bombing of civilians in east Aleppo, Syria, Thursday Nov. 3, 2016. Syrian rebels launched a fresh wave of attacks on Aleppo Thursday as the contested city prepared for an anticipated assault by government and allied Russian forces to seize its eastern, rebel-held districts. (Dominic Lipinski /PA via AP)

Syria war protest in London spurs row with Russia

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This image posted online Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, shows smoke rising in the aftermath of an airstrike that targeted areas in Raqqa, Syria. The photo bears the watermark of Islamic State media releases and is consistent with other AP reporting. The Arabic caption on the photo reads, &quot;Russian warplanes target homes of Muslims in Raqqa.” (militant photo via AP) ** FILE **

Belgian immigration chief fined for refusing Aleppo visas

By LORNE COOK and SYLVAIN PLAZY - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. President Vladimir Putin says the claims of Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election are designed to distract public attention from real issues. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin offers new pause, exits for Syrian’s besieged Aleppo

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In this March 1, 2015, file photo, a plane from the Iranian private airline, Mahan Air lands the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen. An Iranian airline backed by the country’s notorious Revolutionary Guard has acquired rights to fly commercial routes in more than a dozen European and Asian countries in spite of U.S. terror-related sanctions, the same airline that ferries weapons and fighters to Syria on behalf of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

US, Europe at odds over Revolutionary Guard-backed airline

By VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press

Building a Confederation in Syria Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why confederation can work in Syria

By Michael O'Hanlon

UN extends Syria chemical weapons inspection mandate

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

Russia has deployed fighter jets to Syria as part of its coordinated operations with troops loyal the regime of President Bashar Assad and Iranian-backed ground forces. (Associated Press)

U.S. and Russian aircraft came close to crash over Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Russian Su-34 fighter jet. (Image: YouTube)

Russian fighter, U.S. aircraft in ‘near-miss’ over Syria: ‘This one got our attention’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

The Latest: Syrian forces claim Aleppo rebel attack thwarted

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. President Vladimir Putin says the claims of Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election are designed to distract public attention from real issues. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

How to deal with Russia?

By L. Todd Wood

In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, photo, residents talk to reporters in the besieged town of Madaya, northwest of Damascus, Syria. Aid convoys reached three besieged villages on Monday — Madaya, near Damascus, where U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said about 400 people need to be evacuated immediately to receive life-saving treatment for medical conditions, malnourishment and starvation, and the Shiite villages of Foua and Kfarya in northern Syria. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Russia says Syria school airstrike report a sham

Associated Press

$The Obama administration disbanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines in the summer of 2014 on grounds that its mission had succeeded in fracturing the extremist groups to the point that they no longer posed a serious regional or international threat. (Associated Press)$

Philippines emerge as ‘jihad of choice’ after Obama phases out counterterrorism operation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about Syria on Sept. 9, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House Complex in Washington, during a the White House Forum to Combat Wildlife Trafficking. Clinton said any move by Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control would be an "important step." (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s lies about Syria, terrorism

By Bruce Fein