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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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How special-ops units used 'old-school commando stuff' behind enemy lines to keep Saddam's forces distracted
In just a few days of fighting, the Green Berets of Task Force Viking earned seven Silver Stars and…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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4 major fighter-jet deals could reshape the Middle East's biggest militaries for decades to come
Middle Eastern countries have for decades imported advanced fighter jets in large numbers. Four loo…
Paul Iddon
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A US F-16 fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone, taking out another NATO ally's aircraft over Syria
The US aircraft downed the drone because it was considered a threat to US troops in northeastern Sy…
Jake Epstein
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Turkey extracted a slew of concessions for letting Sweden join NATO, including coveted F-16 fighter jets from the US
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drove a hard bargain in agreeing to back Sweden's membershi…
Tom Porter
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Dueling bids for US-made fighter jets could inflame tensions between 2 of NATO's least friendly members
Turkey and Greece have both asked to buy new US fighter jets, and they might not both get what they…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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A British fighter captured in Ukraine by Russian forces says he was beaten up, stabbed, and 'treated worse than a dog'
British fighter Aiden Aslin was among the 10 international prisoners of war who were released by Ru…
Sophia Ankel
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ISIS fighters reportedly surrender after using 700 boys as human shields during a battle at a prison in Syria
Media outlets and NGOs said they received voice messages from the imprisoned boys who asked for hel…
Matthew Loh
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Trump's withdrawal from Kurdish region has opened the door to a new wave of war crimes
The same day, the UNOHCHR reports, Ahrar al-Sharqiya apparently executed three Kurds, only one of w…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Kurdish forces strike a deal with Assad's army as they battle an intensifying Turkish assault in northern Syria
Turkey's assault on Kurdish-held areas stems from the group's ties to the Kurdistan Workers Party, …
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Trump reportedly offered to sell F-35 jets to Turkey in exchange for not attacking Kurdish forces in Syria
Trump made the decision to withdraw roughly 1,000 US troops from the region on Sunday following his…
David Choi
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Tulsi Gabbard invites Kurdish leader to State of the Union in jab at Trump's Syria pullout
ISIS has suffered massive loses over the past year or so and no longer controls a large swath of te…
John Haltiwanger
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Here's How The Kurdish Peshmerga's Female Fighters Prepare For Battle Against ISIS
Unlike many neighboring militaries in the Middle East, the Peshmerga allow women into their militar…
Jeremy Bender
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Trump calls Kurdish journalist 'Mr. Kurd' during freewheeling press conference
The Kurds are indigenous to a mountainous region in the northern part of the Middle East and span a…
John Haltiwanger
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Russia and Turkey are threatening the US' new Kurdish-dominated force in Syria
In the last few months, the US has accused Russia of conducting unsafe maneuvers in the skies along…
Daniel Brown
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Kurdish forces in Syria fear Turkey will launch attacks rapidly to take advantage of 'confusion' caused by Trump's US troop withdrawal plan
Military officials Monday announced that the US would not cede control of the airspace to Turkey ov…
Mitch Prothero
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7,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to regroup in key areas, general warns
Kurdish commander Siwan Barzani told the Times that ISIS fighters are infiltrating the civilian pop…
Sophia Ankel
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This elite Kurdish unit is hunting down ISIS militants
Listening in on conversations over the airwaves, they have become adept at thwarting ISIS' plans, s…
David Choi
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ISIS has a plan to bust out 70,000 supporters from Kurdish jails now that the US has abandoned the area to the Turkish military
Abu Ahmed al Halabi fought alongside ISIS and its predecessor groups from 2012 until 2015 before qu…
Mitch Prothero
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After getting stripped of its F-35s, Turkey wants to buy other US fighter jets, but it won't give up its new Russian weapons to do it
The dispute over Russian-made weaponry is just one of several issues that have strained relations b…