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With the Middle East on the edge and Iran and its proxies riled up, US forces in Iraq and Syria are again taking hits
Two attacks on US military bases last week — one in Iraq and another in Syria — injured a number of…
Jake Epstein
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Killings show ISIS remains a threat in Syria's desert 5 years after losing its caliphate
The Islamic State has lost its territory, but its fighters recently carried out the deadliest month…
Paul Iddon
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Ukraine sent special forces to Syria to attack Russians there, revealing a new front to the war: report
Ukrainian special forces are attacking Russian mercenaries and positions in Syria, according to the…
Thibault Spirlet
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Suspected Islamic State motorcycle squad kills 53 people who were searching for prized truffles in Syria
Seven soldiers and 46 civilians were killed in the attack in the countryside near Homs, the directo…
Isobel van Hagen
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US troops came home feeling 'cursed' and seeing ghosts after intense artillery battles with the Islamic State
The New York Times reported Sunday that exposure to intense artillery fire may be to blame for US v…
Charles R. Davis
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Why Iran tried to kill ISIS commanders in Syria with ballistic missiles
Iran targeted ISIS commanders in Syria on Monday, it said, in a series of attacks across the region.
Rebecca Rommen
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Biden says ISIS leader blew himself up during US military raid in 'final act of desperate cowardice,' killing family members
Syria Civil Defence said in a statement that it had recovered the bodies of 13 people, including si…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger
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Iran ups the ante against US, proxies strike Iraq military base with ballistic missiles
US personnel in Iraq are undergoing brain injury evaluations after Iranian-backed militias targeted…
Rebecca Rommen
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Iran vows revenge after Israel kills top military commander in Syria
The move heightened the risk of a larger regional war in the Middle East.
Jacob Shamsian,Associated Pre…
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A deadly Israeli strike in Syria ratchets up a years-long shadow war with Iran that could again put US forces in the crosshairs
War experts say Iran may retaliate for the attack in Damascus in part by targeting American troops …
Jake Epstein
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A Kansas woman pleads guilty to training an ISIS battalion of 100 women as young as 10 years old in Syria, teaching them how to use grenades, AK-47s
"Over 100 women and young girls, including as young as 10 or 11 years old, received military traini…
Azmi Haroun
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The US's Syrian partners are still guarding hundreds of ISIS prisoners
"The Kurds are legit good fighters and they are very easy to work with," a US Army Green Beret told…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Putin offers battle-hardened fighters from the Middle East up to $3,000 a month to reinforce Russia's invasion of Ukraine, say reports
Putin has approved 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside the Russian mili…
Bethany Dawson
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Iran accuses Israel of killing a spy chief and 3 of its top Revolutionary Guards in Syria, escalating tensions in the region
Iran accused Israel of the airstrike in Damascus, resulting in the death of the chief of the IRGC i…
Alia Shoaib
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ISIS leader was once a 'cooperative' prison informant who ratted out terrorists to the US military, newly-released records show
The current ISIS leader is said to have sang like a canary when he was detained by US forces and in…
Ryan Pickrell
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Pope Francis prayed in ruined churches destroyed by the Islamic State during a historic first Papal visit to Iraq
Leaders of the IS terror cell drove thousands of Christians out of Mosul in 2014 after seizing the …
Bill Bostock
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Biden claims the US is 'not at war,' despite combat deployments to Iraq and Syria, and counter-terror missions in Africa
Biden's claims that the US is no longer war is belied by continued American deployments to the Midd…
Bryan Metzger
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As many as 48,000 civilians have been killed by US airstrikes since 9/11: monitor
The deadliest years were during the invasion of Iraq and the war against ISIS, with 2017 - Donald T…
Charles Davis
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Biden's latest reasons for bombing Syria defy logic and the Constitution
The reason US forces are at risk of violence in the region is precisely because US forces are in th…
Bonnie Kristian, Defense Prio…
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Pakistanis head terror groups ISIL-K, AQIS, TTP is not yet blacklisted: UN report
Farooqi, who hails from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is the mastermind behind the deadly terror a…