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5-Story Building Collapse Kills at Least 10 in Syrian City of Aleppo
A building collapsed in a neighborhood in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo early Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including one child, Syrian state media reported.
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Suicide Drones Strike US Base in Syria, Wounding 2 Opposition Fighters
Three suicide drones have attacked a U.S. base in eastern Syria, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters.
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Alabama Woman Who Joined IS Hopes to Return From Syria Camp
A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20 to join the Islamic State group in Syria says she is a victim of the militant organization and hopes to return to the U.S. even if it means serving prison time.
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US Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militia in Eastern Syria
The U.S. military says it carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. military’s Central Command said early Wednesday that the strikes in Deir Ez-Zor “took proportionate, deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize the risk of casualties.” At least six Syrian and foreign militants...
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Syria Denies It Is Holding Texas Journalist Austin Tice Captive
Syria has denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans, a week after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of holding him.
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Biden Says Syria Is Holding Texas Journalist Austin Tice Captive, Urges Damascus to Help Bring Him Home
President Joe Biden says the U.S. is certain that the Syrian government is holding American journalist Austin Tice who went missing in the war-torn country a decade ago urging Damascus to help bring him back home.
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ISIS Bomb Maker Detained in Syria Raid, US Military Says
A person described as one of the Islamic State group’s top leaders in Syria was detained in the operation, which took place Thursday, local time,
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US Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading Islamic State Battalion
An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded guilty in a case that a prosecutor called a first-of-its-kind in the United States. Allison Fluke-Ekren broke down sobbing after admitting in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge...
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More Hardship as New Sandstorm Engulfs Parts of Middle East
A sandstorm blanketed parts of the Middle East on Monday, including Iraq, Syria and Iran, sending people to hospitals and disrupting flights in some places.
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What Are Humanitarian Corridors and How Do They Work, From Ukraine to Syria
Russia has announced the establishment of the “safe corridors” to allow civilians to leave Ukrainian towns and cities under siege. Here’s how they’ve worked in other war zones.
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US: Civilian Toll in Syria Raid May Be Higher Than Thought
U.S. military officials say there could have been more civilian casualties than initially thought in the U.S. raid that killed the top Islamic State leader in Syria last week.
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Lethal US Raid on IS in Syria Encounters a Doll, Crib, Bomb, Bullets
When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos landed in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of extremists and children.
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Who Is the ISIS Leader Killed in the U.S. Raid? Here's What to Know
The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos
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Biden on Syria Raid: US ‘Successfully Removed Major Terrorist Threat to the World'
President Joe Biden commended U.S. special forces who carried out an overnight raid in northwestern Syria that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
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US Special Ops Kills ISIS Leader in Syrian Raid
President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that U.S special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria, killing ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi .
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ISIS Leader Dies During U.S. Counterterrorism Raid in Syria, White House Says
The leader of terrorist group ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, died during a U.S. raid in Syria, the White House said Thursday.
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Biden: ISIS Leader Dies in Suicide Blast During US Raid in Syria
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family, including women and children, as U.S. forces closed in.
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This 30-Year-Old Visited Every Country in the World. Here's How He Paid for It
Drew Binsky started out making $2,000 a month teaching English in South Korea. Now he’s getting paid six-figures to travel around the world.
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Officials: Iran Behind Drone Attack on US Base in Syria
U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based
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Drone Strike Kills at Least 1 in Northwestern Syria
Rescue workers and a war monitor say a drone strike has hit a vehicle traveling on a rural road in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person