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Surrounded by shells of destroyed buildings people arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy

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In this combination made from two satellite images from Planet Labs Inc. shows the before and after, left, March 3, 2021, right, March 6, 2021 , of the aftermath of a fire following a suspected Russian missile strike early Saturday, March 6, 2021, on an oil-loading facility just northwest of the city of Manbij, Syria. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

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January 2022 trial set for IS militants nicknamed ‘Beatles’

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 file photo, Israeli soldiers wearing protective suits clean tar from a beach after an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea in Sharon Beach Nature Reserve, near Gaash, Israel. Israeli authorities said they believed a tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iran to Syria was responsible for spilling tons of crude into the Mediterranean last month, causing one of Israel's worst environmental disasters. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israeli minister sticks to Iran ‘environmental terror’ claim

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

US: Russia blocks Syria chemical weapons use accountability

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US demands status of all Syrian detainees be made public

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Doctors Without Borders staffer killed in north Syria camp

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FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019 file photo, candles adorn the graves of people killed during Syrian war, in the town of Qamishli, north Syria. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in a report released Monday, March, 1, 2021, that tens of thousands of civilians were arbitrarily detained in enforced disappearances during the country's 10-year conflict. The conflict has killed nearly half a million people, displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million, including 5 million who are refugees abroad. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes

By JAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 27, 2011, file photo, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, offers his condolences to then Prince Salman bin Abdel-Aziz upon the death of his brother Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, at Prince Sultan palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President Joe Biden is expected to speak to Saudi King Salman for the first time in Biden’s just over a month-old administration. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ** FILE **

Khashoggi killing report used to ‘recalibrate’ U.S-Saudi relations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Attackers strike gas pipeline in eastern Syria, causing fire

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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. A U.S. airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new American administration still figuring out its approach to the Middle East. Kirby said the operation in Boukamal, Syria, sends an unambiguous message: “President Biden will act to protect American and coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in eastern Syria and Iraq.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

EXPLAINER: US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, walk out of the White House to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Houston. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden calls airstrikes a warning to Iran to ‘be careful’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, in Washington. Kirby announced late Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, that the U.S. military conducted airstrikes against facilities in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said were used by Iran-backed militia groups, in response to recent attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq. Kirby said the action was authorized by President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden: Strikes in Syria sent warning to Iran to ‘be careful’

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Syria govt says it has virus vaccine; doesn’t say from where

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Albanian minister in Lebanon for Syria repatriation efforts

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014. These aircraft were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

U.S. airstrike hits Iran-backed militias in Syria: Report

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jen Psaki questioned Donald Trump Syria airstrikes in 2017 tweet

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Florida man charged with trying to join Islamic militants

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Syrian defendant Eyad Al-Gharib hides his face as he arrives to his hear his verdict in a court room in Koblenz, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. A German court has convicted the former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights campaigners hope will set a precedent for other cases. (Thomas Lohnes/Pool Photo via AP)

Conviction in landmark case over Syrian government torture

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

One of the defendants, Eyad A. (43), is sitting on the bench of the Higher Regional Court behind Corona protective screens, hiding his face under a hood in Koblenz, Germany, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Two former members of Syria's secret police go on trial Thursday in Germany accused of crimes against humanity for their role in a government-run detention center where large numbers of opposition protesters were tortured.(Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)

Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press