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UN says deal reached on committee for new Syria constitution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

10 fighters killed in new, unclaimed strikes in east Syria

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani heads a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Rouhani urged the U.S. on Wednesday to &quot;put warmongers aside&quot; as tensions roil the Persian Gulf amid an escalating crisis between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Russia, Iran, Turkey say Syrian constitution committee ready

By SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Syrian president issues new amnesty, reduces sentences

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UN chief launches Syria inquiry amid protests over secrecy

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US envoy rejects claim of ‘war crime’ by key UN Syria panel

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In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, photo, a first responders takes a break after removing a body at the site of a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria. First responders say they have pulled nearly 20 bodies out of the latest mass grave uncovered in Raqqa, the Syrian city that was the de facto capital of the Islamic State group. It is the 16th mass grave in the city, and officials are struggling with a lack of resources needed to document and one day identify the thousands of dead who have been dug out. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after ISIS fall

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

This Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. appears to show the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria. New satellite photos obtained Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, by The Associated Press appears to show the Iranian oil tanker still off Syria despite U.S. efforts to seize the vessel. That's after Gibraltar earlier seized and held the tanker for weeks, later releasing it after authorities there said Iran promised the oil wouldn't go to Syria. (Planet Labs Inc via AP)

Satellite images show US-pursued Iran tanker still off Syria

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to a group of US businessmen at his palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Turkey accused the United States on Tuesday of taking only "cosmetic steps" toward the creation of a so-called "safe zone" in northeast Syria and renewed Ankara's threat of unilateral military intervention to form a buffer area along its border.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey accuses U.S. of stalling on Syria ‘safe zone’ plans

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

This Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies appears to show the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 off the coast of Tartus, Syria. Satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, appeared to show the once-detained Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya-1 near the Syrian port, despite U.S. efforts to seize the vessel. That's after Gibraltar earlier seized and held the tanker for weeks, later releasing it after authorities there said Iran promised the oil wouldn't go to Syria. (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher enrichment

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this July 26, 2019 photo, schoolteacher Suzan Suleiman hugs and kisses her son Youssef, 6, during an interview in Homs, Syria. Six months after he was snatched from a road in central Syria, Iyad Suleiman, a father of three, was allowed by his kidnappers to make a Skype video call home. His children were startled at how he looked skinny and exhausted, with a long beard. That two-minute call in September 2013 was the last Suleiman’s family saw of him. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Caught in limbo, families of Syria’s missing cling to hope

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Erdogan said the U.S. had up to three weeks to satisfy Turkish demands and has threatened to launch a unilateral offensive into northeastern Syria if plans to establish a so-called safe zone along Turkey's border fail to meet his expectations. Earlier this month, Turkish and U.S. officials agreed to set up the zone east of the Euphrates River. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, provided by the U.S. Army, shows A U.S. service member watches as Syrian Democratic Forces remove military fortifications during the implementation of the security mechanism along the Turkey-Syria border in northeast Syria. (Spc. Alec Dionne/U.S. Army via AP ) ** FILE **

US, allied Kurdish force conduct patrol on Syrian border

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Commission says long-missing Maldivian journalist is dead

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A supertanker hosting an Iranian flag is seen on the water in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Iranian oil tanker pursued by US off the coast of Syria

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

An Israeli drone circles over Gaza City on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Drone attacks in Middle East are terrorists’ equalizer

By Seth J. Frantzman

This photo provided by the Ibaa News Agency, the media arm of al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group in Syria, purports to show a missile fired by the militant group against Syrian government forces position in Idlib province, Syria, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Ibaa said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group fighters are attacking Syrian positions east of Khan Sheikhoun, a major town that was held by rebels until they lost it last week. (Ibaa News Agency via AP)

Syrian Kurds begin pullout from Turkish border

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This photo released by the opposition Syrian Civil Defense rescue group, also known as White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people inspecting destroyed buildings after airstrikes hit the town of Ihsem, in Idlib province, Syria. Government forces have been on the offensive since April 30, during which they have captured all rebel-held areas in the adjoining Hama province. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

The Latest: Russia to help rebuild NW town retaken by Syria

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U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks to reporters during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump fumes as France, Germany reject ISIS captives

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech in Kyiv, Ukraine. The long shadow war between Israel and Iran has burst into the open in recent days, with Israel allegedly striking Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq and crash-landing two drones in Lebanon. These incidents, along with an air raid in Syria that Israel says thwarted an imminent Iranian drone attack, have raised tensions at a particularly fraught time. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Israel’s shadow war with Iran bursts into the open

By Aron Heller - Associated Press