Bassem Mroue

Explainer: For Kurds, U.S. pull-back feels like being abandoned once more

October 7, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

For Syria's Kurds, the United States' abrupt pull-back from positions in northeast Syria carries a sharp sting, reviving the community's memories over being abandoned in the past by the Americans...

Islamic State leader appears in video for first time in 5 years

April 29, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group's propaganda arm on Monday,...

This frame grab from video provided by Hawar news, the news agency for the semi-autonomous Kurdish areas in Syria (ANHA), shows the damaged restaurant where explosion occurred near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition, in Manbij town, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. A Syrian war monitoring group and a local town council say an explosion has taken place near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition and that there are casualties. (ANHA via AP)

Syria attack kills 4 Americans, complicates withdrawal plan

January 16, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed at least 16 people, including two U.S. service members and two American civilians, in northern Syria on Wednesday, just a month...

Deaths mount in Syria as U.N. weighs cease-fire resolution

February 24, 2018 at 12:51 a.m.

Syrian government warplanes carried out a sixth day of airstrikes Friday in the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus, killing 32 people, activists said, as the death toll from a week...

On surprise Russia trip, Assad and Putin talk post-war Syria

November 21, 2017 at 10:44 p.m.

On a surprise trip to Russia, Syria's Bashar Assad discussed potential new peace initiatives for post-war Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin who declared that Russia's two-year military campaign in...

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets ...

Lebanon’s PM Hariri says he will be in Beirut within days

November 18, 2017 at 9:13 p.m.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Saturday he will return home in the coming days from where he will declare a political stance for the first time since making a...

U.S. and allied forces begin final assault on Islamic State in Syria’s Raqqa

October 15, 2017 at 11:21 p.m.

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters launched an operation to retake the last Islamic State-held pocket of the northern city of Raqqa on Sunday after some 275 militants and their family members surrendered.

This photo released on Saturday, Sept ...

Syrian troops breach 3-year Islamic State siege on eastern city

September 5, 2017 at 5:50 a.m.

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, breaching a nearly 3-year Islamic State group siege on government-held areas of the contested city...

U.S.-led coalition says it may hit Islamic State evacuees in Syria

August 30, 2017 at 9:15 a.m.

The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it may strike a convoy of Islamic State militants that evacuated the Lebanon border headed toward eastern Syria under a controversial agreement brokered by Hezbollah.

Russia claims it has killed Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi

June 16, 2017 at 5:21 a.m.

Russia claimed Friday it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike targeting a meeting of IS leaders just outside the group's de facto capital in Syria.

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