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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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How a record-setting 'Ugly Baby' mission allowed US special operators to outmaneuver Iraqi forces
To get into northern Iraq in March 2003, US special operators had to pull off the longest low-level…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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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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Putin and Erdogan agreed a 'historic' to consolidate power in Syria and humble Kurdish forces. Here are the winners and losers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) d…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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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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Spies stole ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's underwear to help confirm his location before the US raid, Kurdish forces say
The US troops in northeastern Syria had been working with the SDF to fight ISIS militants in Syria,…
Alexandra Ma
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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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Erdogan accuses US of being 'behind' Kurdish militants after 13 hostages are killed as US-Turkey tensions grow
Though he's spoken to a number of world leaders since his inauguration, President Joe Biden has not…
John Haltiwanger
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NATO ally Turkey is attacking a key US partner force in Syria, and it's upending joint operations against ISIS
The US military revealed earlier this week that local Syrian forces recently carried out a raid and…
Jake Epstein
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Here's how Iraqi and Kurdish forces are training to destroy ISIS
Earlier this month, a spokesman from the Combined Joint Task Force's Operation Inherent Resolve sai…
Alex Lockie
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Turkey may have used chemical weapons on the Kurdish civilians Trump left vulnerable
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former official with the UK's chemical, biological, radiological and nu…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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US military confirms that another ISIS leader has been killed in Syria, revealing that he was taken out in a raid by local forces
The previous two ISIS leaders before Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi were eliminated from the …
Jake Epstein
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Watch a live stream of Kurdish forces taking back ISIS' largest city
The Kurds, an ethnic group centered around the borders of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran, and a wit…
Alex Lockie
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Kurdish YPG says Turkey shot at its forces in northern Syria
The shooting comes days after Tal Abyad was declared an independent administration allied with the …
Associated Press
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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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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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The US Just Resupplied Kurdish Forces Fighting ISIS In Kobani
Still, US officials stressed the situation in Kobani was still "fragile" and that the town could st…