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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as they arrive together for a family photo at a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The White House says Turkey will soon invade Northern Syria, casting uncertainty on the fate of the Kurdish fighters allied with the U.S. against in a campaign against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump defends decision to abandon Kurdish allies in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. Syria’s Kurds have been America’s partner in fighting the Islamic State group for nearly four years. Now they are furious over an abrupt U.S. troop pull-back that exposes them to a threatened attack by their nemesis, Turkey. The surprise U.S. pull-back from positions near the Turkish border, which began Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, stung even more because the Kurds have been abandoned before by the U.S. and other international allies on whose support they'd pinned their aspirations. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

For Kurds, US pull-back feels like being abandoned once more

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, march during a demonstration against possible Turkish military operation in their areas in Al-Qahtaniya, Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Syria's Kurds accused the U.S. of turning its back on its allies and risking gains made in the fight against the Islamic State group as American troops began pulling back on Monday from positions in northeastern Syria ahead of an expected Turkish assault. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

ISIS fighter release from prison feared after Trump Syria move

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as they arrive together for a family photo at a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The White House says Turkey will soon invade Northern Syria, casting uncertainty on the fate of the Kurdish fighters allied with the U.S. against in a campaign against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria

By ZEKE MILLER and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, waves to supporters during an event in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Turkey's president threatened Saturday to launch a solo military operation into northeastern Syria, where U.S. troops are deployed and have been trying to defuse tension between its NATO ally and Syrian Kurdish forces. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Donald Trump hands ISIS terrorist prisoners to Turkey

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2019, photo, released by the U.S. Army, a U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a Kurdish fighters' fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the so-called &quot;safe zone&quot; near the Turkish border. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)

US, Turkey conduct northeast Syria patrol amid new concerns

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10 2019 photo, Druze farmer Noraldeen Masoud works on his farmland in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria. Towering wind turbines may soon jut up from the picturesque patchwork of Druze farmland in the Golan Heights, angering villagers who see the project as a threat to their agrarian way of life, an encroachment on ancestral lands and a solidification of Israel’s occupation of the territory. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s Golan Druze see a blow in wind energy plan

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2019, photo, released by the U.S. Army, a U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a Kurdish fighters' fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the so-called &quot;safe zone&quot; near the Turkish border. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)

In Syrian endgame, U.S. officials see challenge from ISIS, Bashar Assad

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, A huge portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is set in Old Market district, Aleppo, Syria. More than eight years of fighting has left many sections of Aleppo destroyed, and now authorities are pleading for international organisations to help fund restoration of the ancient city. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

UN envoy says Syria charter-drafting panel a ‘sign of hope’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Iraq and Syria border guards soldiers congratulate each other during the opening ceremony of the crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syria's Boukamal in Anbar province, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Iraq and Syria have opened a key border crossing between the two neighboring countries seven years after it was closed during Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq and Syria open border crossing closed since 2012

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

Turkey says it downed unidentified drone along Syrian border

Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2019, photo, released by the U.S. Army, a U.S. soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a Kurdish fighters' fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the so-called &quot;safe zone&quot; near the Turkish border. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)

Syria demands withdrawal of all American, Turkish forces

By AYA BATRAWY and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

‘Forgotten’ war: Syria conflict a footnote at UN meeting

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Syrian soldiers prepare to take part in military exercises led by Russian military advisers at a military base about 50-kilometers away from Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Former rebel stronghold in Syria begins to rebuild

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

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Report warns against U.S. leaving Syria prematurely

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

Islamic State said to be planning to spring fighters held in Syria and Iraq

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

UN envoy: Constitutional committee is first step to peace

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a drone which the Syrian state news agency says authorities have controlled and dismantled was rigged with cluster bombs on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, southern Syria, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)

Syria says it captured drone near Israeli-occupied Golan

Associated Press

Rival UN resolutions on Syria cease-fire go down to defeat

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN says deal reached on committee for new Syria constitution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press