Will US troops leave Iraq?

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As the date set for the withdrawal of US troops nears, no fundamental change is observed regarding their number but merely their status. Is this merely another US-concocted scheme to subjugate Iraq? AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): As we are nearing … Read More

An Unintended Syria Air Clash Could Pull Biden Into Conflict Involving Russia, Israel

The conflict in Syria has seen the convergence of multiple, sometimes opposing forces in the skies over a near-decade-long civil war that today threatens to draw the United States’ foreign policy resources back into the quagmire, one in which its … Read More

US Army boosting presence in Syria, says ISIS ‘still poses a threat’

A small number of troops will also be deployed in the region. The U.S. Army is sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Syria to bolster force protection in the region as ISIS “still poses a threat,” according to a coalition spokesman. “The @coalition continues … Read More

U. S. and Russia military came ‘close’ to fighting each other in Syria, Assad says

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the U.S. and Russia have nearly come to blows over their separate military campaigns in his country, where Moscow supports the government and Washington works outside of it. The U.S. has struck Syrian government targets in … Read More

Trump Freezes Funds for Syrian Recovery, Signaling Pullback

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Order to State Department to hold off on spending jibes with president’s call for an early exit. Syrian children and youths watching a U.S. armored-vehicle convoy pass last year on a road to Raqqa, Syria. PHOTO: HUSSEIN MALLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump … Read More