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More Than 300 Chemical Attacks Launched During Syrian Civil War, Study Says

11:59am February 18, 2019

by Clare Lombardo

Researchers say this number could be much higher, and that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime carried out 98 percent of them, dropping chlorine gas, sarin and sulfur mustard gas on civilians.

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3 Syrian Ex-Intelligence Officials Arrested On Charges Of Torture

9:26pm February 13, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Two former members of President Assad's intelligence agency were arrested in Germany for allegedly participating in the abuse of captive dissidents. A third Syrian national was apprehended in Paris.

President Donald Trump (C) departs the White House with first lady Melania Trump (R) and their son, Barron (L), Feb. 1 in Washington, DC. Trump was traveling to his private club in Florida.

Politics & Government

In Super Bowl Interview, Trump Goes On Offense

1:20pm February 03, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on border security in an interview with CBS. The interview aired two days before a speech in which Trump is expected to call for compromise.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the effort to advance an amendment that supports keeping U.S. troops in Syria and Afghanistan to fight ISIS and al-Qaida.

Politics & Government

Senate Republicans Rebuke President On Syria And Afghanistan Policy

8:33pm January 31, 2019

by Tim Mak

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's amendment opposing a "precipitous withdrawal" from Syria was backed by many GOP senators who disagree with the president's foreign policy.

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Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria in December.

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WHO Warns Of Dire Conditions, Deaths Of Children At Refugee Camp In Syria

4:52pm January 31, 2019

by Francesca Paris

More than 20,000 people, mostly women and children, have arrived at the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria in just two months. The World Health Organization says aid workers are struggling to keep up.

A U.S. court has ordered the Syrian government to pay $300 million for killing American journalist Marie Colvin in 2012. Colvin is seen here in London in 2010.

U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin

3:52pm January 31, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The judge ruled that Colvin was killed by Syria and "targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country."

Mahmud, 11, Ayyub, 7, and their mother, Felicia Perkins-Ferreira, walk toward the boat that will take them out of Syria, across the river to Iraq, so they can start their journey home to Trinidad.

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Trinidadian Kids Taken Away To ISIS Reunite With Mom, Thanks To Help From A Rock Star

5:32pm January 26, 2019

After four years in Syria, two brothers returned home to Trinidad this week, following an extraordinary intervention by their mother, a renowned human rights lawyer and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

In this Nov. 7, 2018, photo released by the U.S. Army, U.S. soldiers gather for a brief during a combined joint patrol rehearsal in Manbij, Syria.

Opinion: Leaving Syria Is Far Less Risky Than Staying

7:32am January 19, 2019

ISIS may not be defeated, but the U.S. is right to withdraw from Syria, argue Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center and Richard Sokolsky of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

A Syrian woman carries an infant Thursday past the ruins of a restaurant in Manbij that was targeted by the Islamic State. Four Americans were killed in the attack.

Defense Department Releases Names Of Three U.S. Casualties In Syria Attack

4:51pm January 18, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

The Americans died in a suicide bombing near a restaurant in Manbij, in northern Syria. Analysts say the attacker may have targeted a spot that had become a favorite for U.S. troops.

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.