ISIS Upbeat after New Tactic Slows US Military Assault on Mosul
As US and Iraqi forces batter the Islamists holding out in the Old City of Mosul month after month, their
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Why Did the Raqqa Offensive Never Take off? For Four Good Reasons
The campaign for the recovery of Syrian Raqqa from the Islamic State’s clutches faced a fresh delay in the wake
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Crossed Wires in Trump Administration over First US-Russian Air Sortie in Syria
The first US-Russian air attack in Syria on Monday, Jan. 23 never happened, according to an official denial by the
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Moscow acts to oust Iran from Syria, bombs ISIS
ISIS suicide bombers at Deir ez-Zour Although Vladimir Putin’s spokesman spoke reservedly Saturday, Jan. 21, about Donald Trump’s inauguration as
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Russia Airfreights Syrian Troops to Save Deir Ez-Zour from Falling to ISIS
Russian freight planes Wednesday, Jan. 18 transported hundreds of Syrian troops into battle in northeastern Syria where the key town
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Who Ordered the US Air Strike on a Syrian Army Post? A Secret Probe Seeks an Answer
US-led coalition forces had never before intervened in the battle between the Islamic State and the Syrian army over the
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ISIS Is Building Getaway Command Bunkers in Case of Defeat in Syria and Iraq
It is clear that the Islamist State is being squeezed on all fronts. In Iraq, the battle of Fallujah is
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US Reins in Turkish, Kurdish Ground Attacks on ISIS
On each day of the past week, ISIS has bombed the Turkish border city of Kilis, located six kilometers from
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Assad toughs it out against US-Turkish ultimatum to halt military crackdown
As his tanks and artillery stormed the eastern Syrian town of Deir al-Zour, killing 100 civilians in one day, the
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