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Illustration on the complexities of withdrawing from Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Sorting out Syria, militarily and politically

By Abraham R. Wagner

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel. (SANA via AP)

Israel increasingly goes public with its strikes in Syria

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

The Latest: EU slaps sanctions on more Syrian businessmen

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Illustration on U.S./Turkey relations and the Kurds by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The offer Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn’t refuse

By Jed Babbin

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at 2019 March for Life dinner in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pence stands by defeated ISIS assertion

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump discuss Kurds, Syria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

In this file photo, A U.S. Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Elchin, 25, of Hookstown, Pa., was killed Nov. 27, 2018, by a roadside bomb in Andar, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump honors return of four Americans killed in Syria

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stand at attention as they await a U.S. Navy carry team moving a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: Trump at ceremony for Americans killed in Syria

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The chair of the Syrian Arab Republic is empty at the opening session of the Arab foreign ministers meeting ahead of a weekend Arab Economic Summit, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, or AESD, is being held in Lebanon for the first time amid sharp divisions in the country and among Arab countries. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon calls for readmitting Syria to Arab League

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, shows a damaged restaurant where an explosion occurred, in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian war monitoring group, and a local town council said Wednesday that the explosion took place near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition and that there are casualties. (ANHA via AP)

Pentagon identifies three Americans killed in Syria suicide bomb attack

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Airstrike in IS-held area in Syria kills 20

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The Latest: Georgia woman among 20 killed in Syrian bombing

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Airstrike on IS-held area in Eastern Syria kills 20

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Duncan Farmer speaks home about his son Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, Friday morning, Jan. 18, 2019 outside his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. His son was killed in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The attack also wounded three U.S. troops and was the deadliest assault on U.S. troops in Syria since American forces went into the country in 2015. (Bruce R. Bennett/Palm Beach Post via AP)

Syria attack victims include daughter of US police official

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference "One Team, One Mission, One Future" at Department of State on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Washington. Pence is claiming that the Islamic State "caliphate has crumbled" and the militant network "has been defeated." But his comments Wednesday in a speech at the State Department came shortly after the U.S. military said American service members were among those killed during an explosion during a routine patrol in Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mike Pence says ISIS is ‘defeated,’ hours after attack in Syria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A look at deaths of US troops in Syria

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, shows a damaged restaurant where an explosion occurred, in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian war monitoring group, and a local town council said Wednesday that the explosion took place near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition and that there are casualties. (ANHA via AP)

ISIS claims credit as four American troops killed in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz and Bassem Mroue - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria, shows a damaged restaurant where an explosion occurred, in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian war monitoring group, and a local town council said Wednesday that the explosion took place near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition and that there are casualties. (ANHA via AP)

ISIS Syria attack renews debate over terrorists defeat, withdraw

By Carlo Muñoz and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Latest: 2 US troops, 2 US civilians dead in Syria blast

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