Syria

Quds Force: A center of gravity for Iranian insurgency

Targeting the IRGC Quds Force proxies and exploiting the regime's vulnerabilities at home should be part of any campaign against Iran, Ram Yavne argues

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INTERVIEW: Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed on security in North and East Syria

Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, speaks to Jared Szuba about the buffer zone, Turkey, constitutional committee and security in northern Syria

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US and Turkey conduct second joint ground patrols in northeast Syria

The US and Turkey launched a second round of joint patrols in northeastern Syria on as part of plans to create a "safe" buffer zone

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INTERVIEW: US envoy James Jeffrey on ISIS, the Syrian border, Idlib, Rukban and Iraq

US envoy James Jeffrey talks about the US role in Syria and the effort to fully dismantle ISIS in Iraq in a wide-ranging interview

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US expects UN help with Turkey’s resettlement of Syrian refugees into border zone

The US expects the UN and NGOs to help “facilitate” a proposed resettlement of Syrian refugees living in Turkey into a planned buffer zone along Syria’s northeastern border

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Pentagon official: makeshift jails for captured ISIS adherents in Syria ‘not sustainable’

A US official said the detainment of tens of thousands ISIS members in makeshift prisons in Syria is “not sustainable"

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Syrian tribes call for Coalition help after Rukban aid convoy met with ‘aggression’

Tribal representatives in Syria's Rukban camp asked the US-led Coalition to take control after the UN and SARC were forced to cut short an aid mission

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Syrian government labels SDF ‘separatist terrorist militias’ ahead of Ankara talks

In a rare shift of rhetoric, Syria's foreign ministry called the Syrian Democratic Forces "terrorists" ahead of a Russia-Iran-Turkey summit in Ankara

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UN report details possible ‘war crimes’ by many sides in Syrian war

The US rejected a UN report alleging complicity in possible "war crimes" in Syria's civil war, including during airstrikes and raids

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Joint US-Turkey ground patrols begin in Syria border zone

U.S. and Turkish troops began joint ground patrols in the Tal Abyad area of northeast Syria, near the Turkish border

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