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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo in Baghouz, Syria, in March after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants.

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In Major Policy Shift, U.S. Will Stand Aside As Turkish Forces Extend Reach In Syria

1:14pm October 07, 2019

by Scott Neuman

A White House statement late Sunday said Turkey would soon go ahead with a military operation in the country's Kurdish-dominated north and that U.S. forces "will no longer be in the immediate area."

Medics tend to an Iraqi counterterrorism fighter injured in a clash with ISIS forces near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edge of Mosul.

Health & Safety

No One Was Prepared To Care For So Many Wounded In Mosul

11:29am March 05, 2017

by Alice Fordham

The number of wounded civilians and fighters is higher than expected in the battle to force ISIS from the Iraqi city. Care is coming from several sources, including U.S. forces.

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