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A boy cries after government airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Syrian government warplanes struck a market and an industrial area Wednesday in the last territory in the hands of rebel groups in the country's northwest, killing at least 15 people, opposition activists said. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

UN report lays out agonies faced by Syrian children amid war

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this photo released on April 1, 2015, by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, an Islamic State militant, not seen, right, holds a sword as he ready to beheads a Syrian magician, in Raqqa city, Syria. The Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Center, a U.S.-based Syrian rights group, said Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, that evidence, documents produced by the Islamic State militants themselves, could help identify individuals responsible for atrocities during the militants four-year reign of terror in Syria, thus enabling prosecution for international crimes. (Militant website via AP)

Bureaucracy to brutality: New evidence reveals IS hierarchy

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Syria says its air defenses intercept attack on airbase

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Kosovo woman, man repatriated from Syria charged with terror

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Illustration on exposing the Assad regime by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump’s Caesar Act honors Syrian photographer who proved Assad regime’s war crimes

By David Adesnik

Truckloads of civilians flee a Syrian military offensive in Idlib province on the main road near Hazano, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Syrian forces launched a wide ground offensive last week into the northwestern province of Idlib, which is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants. The United Nations estimates that some 60,000 people have fled from the area, heading south, after the bombings intensified earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ghaith al-Sayed)

Airstrikes hit rebel-held Syrian town despite new cease-fire

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, visit the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin has traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, a key Iranian ally. The rare visit Tuesday comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and the United States following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general who led forces supporting Assad in Syria's civil war. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Unidentified planes hit Iraqi militiamen in Syria, killing 8

By ZEINA KARAM and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Soleimani, the head of Irans elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport, in January 2020. A UN report released in July 2020, says the U.S. violated international law in the targeted killing. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File) **FILE**

Qassem Soleimani role in Aleppo siege illustrates iron hand in Middle East

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, visit the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin has traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, a key Iranian ally. The rare visit Tuesday comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and the United States following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general who led forces supporting Assad in Syria's civil war. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, accompanied by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley arrive to conduct briefings for members of Congress on last week's targeted killing of Iran's senior military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S.-Iran clash threatens anti-ISIS efforts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk after they symbolically open a valve during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Man in the centre is an interpreter.The dual natural gas line connecting the countries will open up a new export path for Russian gas into Turkey and Europe, through new and existing lines. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

US allies see Mideast strategy vacuum that Putin can fill

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

This image released by the Syrian Presidency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin's visit is the second to the war-torn country where his troops have been fighting alongside Syrian government forces since 2015. (Syrian Presidency via AP)

Russia’s Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally

By ALBERT AJI and DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

In this file photo released on Monday, Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Italy's Rai News 24, in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian general transformed Syria’s war in Assad’s favor

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Brig. Gen. Iraj Masjedi as a history of targeting U.S. troops, says Iran's main opposition group. (Associated Press)

Qassem Soleimani adviser Iraj Masjedi has history of targeting U.S. troops, says opposition group

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to U.S. killing of top general

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

A woman mourns in a demonstration over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 3, 2020. Iran has vowed &quot;harsh retaliation&quot; for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Cycle of revenge: What’s next after killing of Iran general?

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, that Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s popular Gen. Soleimani became an icon by targeting US

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran. Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, that Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Mohammed Mohieh, the spokesman of Iraq's Iranian-backed Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, gives an interview at his office, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Mohieh said Monday that the death toll from U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the &quot;aggression of evil American ravens.&quot; (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

AP Explains: Who are Iraq’s Iran-backed militias?

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Mukan Htoo, a Burma refugee, talked during the dinner with the refugees and visitors in Strasburg, Pa. The event brings immigrants and neighbors together for a chance to share their stories and culture through food. (Paul Kuehnel/York Daily Record via AP)

Breaking bread with Amish, refugee families

By NEIL STREBIG and York Daily Record - Associated Press