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Kosovo woman faces terror charges for joining IS group

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He fled Syria - but was shot delivering pizzas in Baltimore

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Civilians flee from Idlib toward the north to find safety inside Syria near the border with Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Syrian troops are waging an offensive in the last rebel stronghold. (AP Photo)

Syria military hails advance against rebels in ‘record time’

By Albert Aji - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Speaker of the People's Council of Syria Hammouda Sabbagh, center right, receives Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, second left, on his arrival to the airport, in the Syrian capital Damascus, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (SANA via AP)

Assad’s forces make advances, further securing Aleppo region

By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Syrian civilians flee from Idlib in rain toward the north to find safety inside Syria near the border with Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Syrian troops are waging an offensive in the last rebel stronghold according to news reports by a Turkish news agency.( AP Photo)

Freezing weather compounds crisis for displaced in Syria

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 24, 2019, file photo, a Syrian soldier in the northwestern town of Khan Sheikoun, stands on the highway that links the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. The M5 highway, recaptured by President Bashar Assad’s forces this week, is arguably the most coveted prize in Syria’s civil war. The strategic highway is vital for Syria’s economy as well as for moving troops. (AP Photo/Albert Aji, File)

AP Explains: Why Syria’s M5 is Assad’s highway to victory

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Syria says defenses engaged ‘hostile targets’ over capital

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Syrian Fruitcake Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Syria is now an empire of rubble, beholden to Iraq and Russia, with Assad as a puppet ruler

By Gary Anderson

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey will attack government forces anywhere in Syria if another Turkish soldier is injured.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Syria: U.S. troops open fire on locals in northeast, killing 1

By Albert Aji and Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Indonesia refuses to take back suspected IS militants

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this January 30, 2020 file photo, Syrians sit in the back of a truck fleeing the advance of government forces, as they head towards the Turkish border, in Idlib province, Syria. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled recent government bombardment of the last rebel bastion, the northwestern Idlib province, seeking shelter from harsh winter weather in muddy tents and half-constructed buildings. As government forces advance, areas deemed safe are rapidly shrinking. (AP Photo/Ghaith al-Sayed, File)

Syrians scramble for refuge in last opposition frontier

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Turkish backed fighter prepare to go to the frontline in the Syrian province of Idlib, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. The fighting in Idlib led to the collapse of a fragile cease-fire that was brokered by Turkey and Russia in 2018. Turkey supports the Syrian rebels, while Russia has heavily backed the Syrian government's campaign to retake the area which is the last rebel stronghold in Syria. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies

By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

The latest violence in Idlib, Syria, came as government forces came closer to capturing the last rebel-held part of a strategic highway linking southern and northern Syria, which would bring the road under Syrian President Bashar Assad's full control for the first time since 2012. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Turkey, Syria edge closer to all-out war in disputed Idlib province

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rebel fighters fire a missile towards Syrian government positions in the province of Idlib, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.Syria's military vowed on Sunday to keep up its campaign to regain control of the whole country, days after capturing large chunks of territory from the last rebel holdout in northwestern Syria. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Turkey says it has retaliated after deadly Syrian shelling

By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Pakistan Navy soldiers patrol in Gwadar port, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) west of Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, April 11, 2016. Gwadar Port is a deep-sea port developed jointly by the Pakistan and China at a cost of USD $248 million. In 2013, Gwadar Port operations were officially handed over to China. Gwadar is the key to the trade portion of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, a $46 billion program in which Beijing will also build power plants in Pakistan to plug an energy shortage. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Iraq turns to China ‘Belt and Road,’ boosting Beijing clout in Middle East

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A man carries his belongings through a street destroyed in recent bombings by the Syrian government forces in the town of Sarmin, in Idblib province, Syria, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The Syrian government, backed by its ally Russia, has kept up a military offensive in Idlib province, aimed at securing a strategic highway that runs along rebel-controlled territory. President Bashar Assad's forces have seized dozens of rebel-held towns and villages in the past two months, displacing hundreds of people in the process. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian army vows to keep up campaign against last rebel area

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

UK woman loses challenge aimed at restoring her citizenship

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Syrian rebel drive toward the government positions near the village of Nerab, in Idlib province, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Turkey sent more reinforcements into northwestern Syria on Thursday, setting up new positions in an attempt to stop a Syrian government offensive on the last rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, state media and opposition activists said. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrian advance sends hundreds of thousands fleeing in Idlib

By SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2018 file photo, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, speaks at a briefing in Moscow. Russia’s Defense Ministry says Israeli air forces nearly shot down a passenger jetliner in Syria during a missile strike on the suburbs of Damascus. In a statement released Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, Konashenkov said the strike was carried around 2 a.m. local time Thursday. Israel did not respond to a request for comment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia says Israeli strike in Syria jeopardized civilian jet

By DARIA LITVINOVA and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Russia repatriates 26 children from Syrian refugee camp

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