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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during their visit to Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem, Thursday March 21, 2019. Netanyahu has praised U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of its control over the Golan Heights as a holiday &quot;miracle.&quot; (Amir Cohen/Pool via AP)

Trump’s Golan statement draws strong regional condemnation

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds up a chart documenting ISIS land loss in Iraq and Syria as delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, the American military engineered the destruction of the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed empire in Iraq and Syria. That’s a military success, but not one that’s certain to last. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Analysis: Victory over Islamic State may be short-lived

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Dividing the Syrian Corpse Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Dividing up Syria bodes ill for regional stability and for U.S. interests

By Shoshana Bryen

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signs a guest book during a visit together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool Image via AP)

The Latest: Trump tweets abrupt shift on Golan Heights

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This frame grab from video posted online Monday, March 18, 2019, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, shows IS fighters walking as they hold the group's flag inside Baghouz, the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in Syria. U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group announced Tuesday they have taken control over an encampment in an eastern Syrian village where IS militants have been besieged for months, refusing to surrender. (Aamaq News Agency via AP)

The Latest: Russia defense minister meets with Syria’s Assad

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In this Feb. 17, 2019, photo, Dia Hassakeh, 45, a fighter in the Kurdish-led U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, looks out of a building in Baghouz, Syria. Eight years of war have left their mark on him. In the early days of the conflict, two of his brothers were wounded fighting in the government military against the armed opposition. In November, another brother was killed by the Islamic State group. Now Dia is battling the militants at IS’ last holdout, a speck of territory along the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border called Baghouz. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Turkey, Iran team up to fight U.S. Kurdish allies in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford gestures while speaking to reporters during a briefing on a military aircraft before arrival at El Paso International airport, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Dunford is traveling with Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and they are planning to pay a visit to Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

‘Factually incorrect’: Joint Chiefs chairman blasts report claiming 1,000 troops will stay in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

From the left, Sergei Ivanov, Russian special representative on questions of ecology and transport, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chief of General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov, oversee the test launch of the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle from the Defense Ministry's control room in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. In the test, the Avangard was launched from the Dombarovskiy missile base in the southern Ural Mountains. The Kremlin says it successfully hit a designated practice target on the Kura shooting range on Kamchatka, 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) away. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia ‘hybrid warfare’ plan employs cyberattacks, military action

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iran's Chief of Staff of Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, left, speaks during a press conference with Syria's defense minister Gen. Ali Ayoub, center, and Iraqi army commander, Gen. Osman Ghanemi in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March 18, 2019. Syria's defense minister slammed what he called the &quot;illegitimate&quot; U.S. military presence in his country, vowing that Syria has a right to self-defense. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s defense minister slams ‘illegitimate’ US presence

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

People walk inside Baghouz, the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in Syria, Sunday, March 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

US-backed forces admit to ‘difficulties’ beating IS in Syria

By PHILIP ISSA and ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

Syria to UN envoy: Constitution is a ‘sovereign’ matter

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In this Feb. 18, 2019 photo, Dia Hassakeh, 45, a fighter in the Kurdish-led U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, looks out of a building in Baghouz, Syria. Eight years of war have left their mark on Dia. In the early days of the conflict, two of his brothers were wounded fighting in the government military against the armed opposition. In November, another brother was killed by the Islamic State group. Now Dia is battling the militants at IS’ last holdout, a speck of territory along the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border called Baghouz. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

For Syrians, 8 years of war leaves stories of loss and hope

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Australia won’t risk lives returning IS refugees from Syria

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, and UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen talk to journalists at the European Parliament on the eve of the Syria donors conference, in Brussels, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Top officials are warning that the crisis in Syria is not over and are calling for large-scale support for people in need on the eve of a major donor's conference. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Donors pledge $7B in aid for Syria, refugees

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Armed and dangerous: Pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces militants say it’s time for U.S. troops to leave Iraq and are said to be spreading conspiracy theories that the Trump administration is helping the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iran backed Popular Mobilization Forces pressures U.S. to leave Iraq

By Adam Lucente — Special to The Washington Times

Israel says it uncovered Hezbollah network on Syria frontier

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A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter watches illumination rounds light up Baghouz, Syria, as the last pocket of Islamic State militants is attacked on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

The Latest: Activists say Russia airstrikes hit Idlib prison

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An illumination round lights up the battlefield as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fire on Islamic State militant positions in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Islamic State group calls on followers to avenge Syria siege

By PHILIP ISSA and MAAMOUN YOUSSEF - Associated Press

Smoke billows as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fire on Islamic State militant positions in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Aid groups appeal for Syria funds as donors head to Brussels

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to a reporter prior to the funeral service of former Secretary of the Army John Marsh Jr. in New Market, Va. (Rich Cooley/Northern Virginia Daily via AP) ** FILE **

Dick Cheney compares Trump foreign policy to Obama

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press