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  • US President Donald Trump speaks during a stop at the Machine Shed restaurant in Urbandale, Iowa, on January 27, 2026.
    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
    As Iran cracks down, Trump faces three risky paths forward
  • Women wearing the niqab stroll through Al-Roj detention center in northeastern Syria, which is guarded by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
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    ‘Utterly Stateless’: Inside a detention camp for ISIS-linked women and children amid escalating uncertainty in Syria
  • Syrian government forces guard al-Shaddadi prison after taking control of the facility south of the city of Hasakah on Tuesday.
    Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
    Why the fate of ISIS prisoners in Syria is back on the radar
  • Syrian government forces launch a rocket towards Kurdish forces near Dibsi Faraj in the northern Syrian Tabqa area, Raqa province on January 17, 2026. Syria's army took control of swathes of northern Syria and threatened to bomb parts of Raqa province on January 17, after Kurdish forces pulled back from territory they had held for over a decade. The government appeared to be seeking to extend its grip on parts of the country under Kurdish control a day after President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree declaring Kurdish a "national language" and granting the minority official recognition.
    Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
    Syria’s military has seized swaths of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know.
  • The seal for US Central Command is displayed on February 6, 2017, at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
    Susan Walsh/AP/File
    US carries out lethal strike against al Qaeda affiliate leader in Syria
  • Syrian army soldiers in their vehicles enter the Deir Hafer town on Saturday.
    Bakr ALkasem/AFP/Getty Images
    Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
  • The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday, January 10, tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike.” This is a still from a video released by US Central Command on social media.
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    US carries out strikes in Syria as part of ongoing retaliation against ISIS
  • TOPSHOT - This picture taken on January 8, 2026 shows columns of smoke rising from Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's military warned civilians in two besieged Kurdish neighbourhoods in the city of Aleppo to leave on December 8, as it prepared to conduct a fresh wave of strikes targeting Kurdish positions. Thousands have already fled the area following clashes between the army and Kurdish-led forces that have killed more than a dozen people. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
    Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
    Syrian army launches new strikes in Aleppo as fighting with Kurdish-led SDF intensifies
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  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.
    Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
    Syrian president says Israel is ‘fighting ghosts’ and must abide by deconfliction accord
    Dec 6, 2025
  • A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Ahmed al-Najjar  NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
    Ali Ahmed al-Najjar/Reuters
    Israel’s deadly incursion in Syria a ‘war crime’ after 13 killed, Syrian FM says
    Nov 28, 2025
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) and Syrian interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa (L) hold a press conference after their meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on February 4, 2025.
    Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit
    Nov 12, 2025
  • The dome of the US Capitol on September 17.
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    When Republicans in Congress actually vote to rebuke Trump
    Oct 29, 2025
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