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Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria

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In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, National Security Adviser John Bolton unveils the Trump Administration's Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The White House has sent Bolton on a mission to allay Israel's concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. The pullout announced before Christmas was initially expected to be completed within weeks, but the timetable has slowed as the president acceded to requests from aides, allies and members of Congress for a more orderly drawdown. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

The Latest: Israel calls on US to recognize rule over Golan

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Leaving Afghanistan Behind Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. military forces are over-extended worldwide

By Peter Vincent Pry

In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, National Security Adviser John Bolton unveils the Trump Administration's Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The White House has sent Bolton on a mission to allay Israel's concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. The pullout announced before Christmas was initially expected to be completed within weeks, but the timetable has slowed as the president acceded to requests from aides, allies and members of Congress for a more orderly drawdown. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Syrian Kurds and government discuss post-US withdrawal

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 2, 2019, photo, acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, left, and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s super-talkative, fact-busting week

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, National Security Adviser John Bolton unveils the Trump Administration's Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The White House has sent Bolton on a mission to allay Israel's concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. The pullout announced before Christmas was initially expected to be completed within weeks, but the timetable has slowed as the president acceded to requests from aides, allies and members of Congress for a more orderly drawdown. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump aide trying to allay Israeli concerns on Syria pullout

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Airstrike on IS-held village in eastern Syria kills 10

Associated Press

In this photo released by the Colombia's Presidency U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Colombia's President Ivan Duque talk during a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Cartagena, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (Nicolas Galeano/Colombia's Presidency via AP)

US officials head to Mideast amid tension over Syria pullout

By MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018 photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier, left, speaks with a U.S. soldier, at a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij town, north Syria. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria has rattled Washington's Kurdish allies, who are its most reliable partner in Syria and among the most effective ground forces battling the Islamic State group. Kurds in northern Syria said commanders and fighters met into the night, discussing their response to the surprise announcement Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

EDITORIAL: President Trump reluctantly pulls back from declaring ISIS ‘graveyard dead’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, Hulusi Akar, Turkey's Defense Minister and former Chief of Staff, center, and top army commanders walk during a visit to Turkish troops stationed at the border with Syria, in Kilis, Turkey. Russian and Turkish foreign and defense ministers met in Moscow on Saturday to discuss northern Syria as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw and Turkey threatens to launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces controlling nearly a third of the country.(Turkish Defence Ministry via AP)

Fighting among rebels in northern Syria kills dozens

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Iraqi jets strike IS in Syria after Assad’s authorization

Associated Press

Illustration on the terrorist mind by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Terror plots are hatched in the minds of terrorists, not on any specific piece of land

By Daniel L. Davis

In this March 31, 2018 photo, a member of the Kurdish internal security forces, center, patrols at a popular market, in Manbij, north Syria. On Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, Syria's military said it entered the flashpoint Kurdish-held town of Manbij, where Turkey has threatened an offensive -- a claim that was refuted by U.S. troops who patrol the town. The announcement and the conflicting reports reflect the potential for chaos in the wake of the U.S. surprise decision to withdraw troops from Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Donald Trump on Syria: ‘Just doing what I said I would do’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at a hangar rally at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, in this Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Trump in a position to fix the Middle East

By L. Todd Wood

The Latest: US officials to discuss Syria in Turkey, Israel

Associated Press

Germany presses Turkey to show restraint in Syria

Associated Press

American troops look out toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)

Lindsey Graham: Trump slows Syria withdrawal

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 14, 2016, file, photo, Iraqi Air Force jets take part in a military parade in Baghdad, Iraq. Syria’s state news agency said Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 that President Bashar Assad has authorized Iraqi forces to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Syria’s Assad authorizes Iraqi forces to strike IS in Syria

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

The Iranian Threat to Bahrain Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why Trump must tell Iran, ‘Hands off Bahrain’

By S. Rob Sobhani