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A security force member walks outside a shuttered restaurant Thursday in Manbij, Syria, the site of a suicide attack that killed more than a dozen people, including four Americans, a day earlier. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

How Strong Is The Islamic State In Syria?

4:43pm January 17, 2019

ISIS has lost almost all its territory, but it claimed a suicide bombing that killed four Americans. The extremist group is still believed to have thousands of fighters who have gone underground.

An explosion damaged a restaurant in Manbij, Syria, on Wednesday, as shown in a screen grab from the Kurdish Hawar News agency, or ANHA.

U.S. Troops Killed By Blast In Syria; Islamic State Claims Responsibility

5:42pm January 16, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Four Americans are reported dead, and three more injured, in a suicide bombing in northern Syria. The attack comes shortly after President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Syria.

The Pentagon has "begun the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria," a military spokesman says. In this photo from Dec. 30, 2018, a line of U.S. military vehicles are seen at a checkpoint in northern Syria.

U.S. Has 'Begun The Process' Of Withdrawing From Syria, Pentagon Says

2:37pm January 11, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The military gave no details on the departure timeline for the more than 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria "out of concern for operational security."

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS.

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'We Were Eating Grass': Syrians Flee As Fight Pushes On Against Last ISIS Remnants

7:44am January 06, 2019

The last U.S.-led offensive against ISIS in Syria is taking place in a remote desert region. The al-Hol refugee camp is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

Brett McGurk, the special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, announced his resignation days after Secretary of Defense James Mattis also resigned.

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U.S. Envoy To The Coalition Against ISIS Resigns Over Trump's Syria Policy

6:21pm December 22, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Brett McGurk's decision to accelerate his departure from the Trump administration comes on the heels of Secretary of Defense James Mattis' resignation earlier this week.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells NPR that the U.S. remains committed to the Kurds, American allies in the Syrian war, even as the U.S. plans to withdraw troops from the country.

Despite Remaining ISIS Threats, Pompeo Says U.S. Made 'Caliphate In Syria Go Away'

5:18pm December 20, 2018

by Peter Granitz

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" amid news that the Pentagon would pull troops from Syria.

People walk through Ain Issa, one of the camps that holds displaced Syrians as well as foreign wives of ISIS fighters and their children. Thousands of foreign women and children languish in shelters in northeastern Syria, unwanted by their home government

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Foreign Wives And Children Of ISIS Are Held In Syria With Uncertain Future

12:39pm December 07, 2018

Kurdish officials in northeastern Syria say they are holding 550 foreign women whom they captured after defeating ISIS, as well as about 1,200 foreign children.

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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by U.S. special forces, talks on the radio near Raqqa's stadium as they clear the last positions on the front line on Oct. 16, 2017. The city was an important Islamic State group stronghold.

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'This Is Not Liberation': Life In The Rubble Of Raqqa, Syria

1:21pm October 26, 2018

The city's slow recovery after ISIS rule is causing anger among residents who say they're left with little help from the countries that destroyed Raqqa.

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ISIS Leader In Afghanistan Killed In U.S. Strike, Officials Say

9:44am August 27, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Afghan officials declared success after American forces targeted Abu Sayeed Orakzai. The U.S. military says the strike took place near the border with Pakistan.

The court in Baghdad where Iraq is trying suspects on terrorism charges. The defendants include more than 500 foreign women married to ISIS fighters.

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ISIS Wives, With Children In Tow, Are Handed Long Jail Sentences Or Death Penalty

7:01am June 09, 2018

by Jane Arraf

More than 500 foreign women are accused of being married to ISIS fighters and are standing trial in Iraq. The women have more than 1,100 young children. All face a perilous future.

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