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U.S. Central Command Command Commander, U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, during a briefing to provide update on USCENTCOM operations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Joseph Votel says Russia fanning flames in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 23, 2017, photo distributed on Dec. 24, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un addresses the conference of cell chairpersons of the ruling party in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ** FILE **

North Korea sent banned items to Syria, Myanmar, U.N. finds

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

US general: Russia is both ‘arsonist and fireman’ in Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses his statement, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Still no cease-fire in Syrian enclave; Russia orders a pause

By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

This photo released on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a young man who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to nearly 500, including scores of women and children. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Violence rages in Syria as U.N. calls to stop ‘hell on Earth’

By Bassem Mroue and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

This photo released on Saturday, Feb 24, 2018, by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a young man who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and more than a dozen wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to nearly 500, including scores of women and children. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

The Latest: DM: Putin orders daily pauses in Syria’s Ghouta

Associated Press

In this photo released by Lennart Preiss/MSC 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, holds a part of a downed drone during his speech at the Munich Security Conference, MSC, in Munich , Germany, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (Lennart Preiss/MSC 2018/dpa via AP)

Israel, Iran head toward military clash over Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo released Tuesday Feb. 20, 2018, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group carrying a man who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes of rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 100 people since Monday in what was the deadliest day in the area in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics said Tuesday. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, via AP)

Government bombing of Damascus suburbs kills more than 100

By PHILIP ISSA and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Illustration on the aggressive strategic future of Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The new ‘great game’ in Syria

By Jed Babbin

This Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Turkish troops take control of Bursayah hill, which separates the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin from the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz, Syria. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP, File)

Civilians have no place to run as Turkey offensive drags on

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant anti-US slogans during a rally near the building where Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The group protested U.S. support to Syrian Kurdish militia, known as the People's Protection Units, or YPG_ the top U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State. Turkey considers them a &quot;terrorist&quot; group linked to Kurdish rebels fighting inside Turkey. (AP Photo)

US, Turkey aim to ease major tensions over Syria

By MATTHEW LEE and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, shows U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrard left, thanks Manbij Military Council commander Muhammed Abu Adeel near the town of Manbij, northern Syria. As Syrian troops and their allies push toward final victory and the battle against Islamic State militants draws to an end, new fronts are opening up, threatening an even broader confrontation. The U.S., Israel and Turkey all have deepened their involvement, seeking to protect their interests in the new Syria order. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)

Russia: 5 citizens probably killed by US strike in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shake hands before their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Tillerson started a two-day trip to Turkey amid growing tensions between the two NATO allies.(Pool Photo via AP)

Tense times in US-Turkey relations as officials huddle

By MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Farkhanur Gavrilova, mother of Ruslan Gavrilov who is reported to have killed in Syria, looks on while speaking to the Associated Press in the village of Kedrovoye, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Gavrilova’s son Ruslan was one of seven men in this village of 2,300 who are believed to have joined a private military company called Wagner. The company reportedly was involved in an attack on U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria on Feb. 7 and suffered devastating losses in a U.S. counterstrike. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

Russian mother grieves for son killed by US strike in Syria

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a coalition airstrike which attacked an Islamic State militant position, on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria. The U.S. says an American detained by U.S. forces was carrying thumb drives containing bomb-making files and documents describing work he did for the Islamic State group at the time he surrendered in Syria last year. The government's justification for holding the detainee without charge is part of documents filed late Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in federal court. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US says detainee studied in Louisiana, became IS fighter

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Ex-Cheney adviser poised to be US representative for Syria

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that could further inflame Russia-U.S. tensions if officially confirmed. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia seeks to regulate private military contractors

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, shows U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jamie Jarrard left, thanks Manbij Military Council commander Muhammed Abu Adeel near the town of Manbij, northern Syria. As Syrian troops and their allies push toward final victory and the battle against Islamic State militants draws to an end, new fronts are opening up, threatening an even broader confrontation. The U.S., Israel and Turkey all have deepened their involvement, seeking to protect their interests in the new Syria order. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)

New fronts emerge in Syria as Assad, allies push for victory

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Civil defense workers arrive after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria last week. Syrian-backed troops had been advancing on U.S. backed militias. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pentagon, Kremlin tight-lipped over deadly Syrian assault

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, watches the troops marching as he and Syrian President Bashar Assad visit the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Several private Russian military contractors were killed by a U.S. strike in Syria, Russian media reported Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in a development that could further inflame Russia-U.S. tensions if officially confirmed. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US, Russian officials dispute reports of Russians casualties

By ROBERT BURNS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press