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September 22, 2017

US, Russian generals meet after Pentagon accuses Russia of bombing US-backed forces

American and Russian generals met face-to-face at an undisclosed location in the Middle East this week days after the Pentagon accused Russia of bombing U.S.-backed fighters in eastern Syria -- with U.S. special operations forces dangerously close by.

September 19, 2017

Syrian forces breach 3-year ISIS siege on Deir el-Zour

Syrian government forces and their allies reached the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, ending a nearly 3-year-old ISIS siege on government-held land near the Iraqi border, Syrian state TV reported.

September 19, 2017

US pulls back from watching ISIS convoy at request of Russians , Pentagon says

The U.S. military on Friday pulled back surveillance aircraft that had been watching an 11-bus ISIS convoy filled with hundreds of militants and their family members -- at the request of the Russian government.

September 18, 2017

Holocaust Museum removes study that critics say whitewashed Obama's Syria policy

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum officially removed a study on Tuesday that whitewashed former President Barack Obama’s Syrian policy after Jewish and Syrian human rights groups criticized the report.

September 18, 2017

US citizen fighting for ISIS surrenders to US-backed forces in Syria

A U.S. citizen fighting for ISIS surrendered to U.S.-backed fighters in Syria, two U.S. military officials confirmed to 91±¬ÁÏ on Thursday.

September 18, 2017

Inside Syria's Idlib, where poor and desperate civilians are selling their limbs and organs

In Idlib province in northwestern Syria, deemed the last government stronghold in the conflict-butchered country, civilians caught in the crossfire of escalating poverty and hopelessness have resorted to selling whatever they can to survive – including body parts.

September 18, 2017

Russia rejects allegation it bombed US-backed fighters in Syria

A Russian military spokesperson pushed back on allegations that a Russian airstrike hit U.S.-backed opposition fighters in Syria.

September 15, 2017

Stranded ISIS convoy reaches militant-held territory in Syria, activists say

An ISIS convoy that had been stranded in the Syrian desert for two weeks reached militant-held territory in eastern Syria on Wednesday after a U.S.-led coalition stopped airstrikes on its route following a request from Russia.

July 6, 2017

Hundreds flee fighting near Syria's capital despite truce

Hundreds of civilians fled a mountainous region outside the Syrian capital on Sunday, where government forces were battling several insurgent groups, including an al-Qaida-linked outfit excluded from a recent nationwide cease-fire.

July 6, 2017

Aleppo girl whose tweets captured the world attention meets with Turkish president

A 7-year-old Syrian girl whose mother ran a Twitter account in her name about life in besieged eastern Aleppo has met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkish capital, Ankara.