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PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
U.S. airstrikes in Syria a warning to Iran, Biden says
Administration officials defend the raid as legal and appropriate even as several Democrats in Congress criticize the military action.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Pentagon spy agency finds Trump’s Syria withdrawal aided ISIS
The assessment, part of a quarterly report disclosed Tuesday, concluded that ISIS "exploited the Turkish incursion and subsequent drawdown of U.S. troops to reconstitute capabilities and resources within Syria."
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PublishedOctober 28, 2019
Security increased at prisons holding Islamic State supporters after leader’s death
Fear of chaos already was running high over the fate of those detained, after this month's U.S. withdrawal and the Turkish military invasion of northeastern Syria.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria oil fields
The president stirs fresh criticism with a tweet suggesting it's time for Kurds to 'start heading to the Oil Region.'
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire is permanent
Lawmakers from both parties chastise the president for turning on the Syrian Kurds, whose fighters battled alongside American troops to beat back the Islamic State group.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2019
Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’
Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Pence hails Turkey’s cease-fire agreement calling for Kurds to vacate border area
The agreement essentially gives the Turks what they had sought to achieve with their military operation in the first place.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Golf buddies no more? Trump, Graham swing apart over Syria
The alliance between the president and the South Carolina senator is fraying.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2019
Turkey rebuffs U.S. calls for cease-fire in Syria
The Turkish president calls for Kurdish fighters to drop their weapons and rejects mediation, saying, 'Nobody can stop us.'
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PublishedOctober 14, 2019
Kurdish Mainers dismayed over Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops in Syria
Though small in number, they express fear and concern for their kinsmen who are under Turkish attack.
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