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US Air Force F-15Es and F-16s take part in operation to take out ISIS in Iraq
The fight against the Islamic State continues.
By Howard Altman
US-backed fighters launch final push to defeat ISIS in Syria
U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria.
Guantanamo prison looms as option for detained ISIS fighters as US withdraws from Syria
The Guantanamo Bay detention center would receive new prisoners for the first time in more than a decade under one option being considered as the U.S. withdraws its forces from Syria and works to resolve the fate of hundreds of captured suspected Islamic State fighters, officials say.
Cornered in Syria, ISIS lays groundwork for a new insurgency
The Islamic State gunmen came out of hiding in the middle of the night and set up a checkpoint on a rural road in eastern Syria. For several hours, they stopped those passing and searched through their mobile phones to check their allegiances, until they vanished again into the desert.
US says it won’t cede leadership of ISIS fight despite Syria withdrawal
America will not cede leadership of the fight against the Islamic State group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday, as he tried to allay fears that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw forces from Syria could imperil gains against the militants there and in neighboring Iraq.
US calls for repatriation of foreign fighters held in Syria
The United States on Monday called on other nations to repatriate and prosecute their citizens who traveled to Syria to fight with the Islamic State group and who are now being held by Washington’s local partners.
Senate breaks with Trump on Afghanistan, Syria withdrawal
The Senate has voted to oppose the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, breaking with President Donald Trump as he has called for a drawdown of troops in those countries.
Trump reaffirms leaving Syria, but wants troops in Iraq to ‘watch Iran’
President Donald Trump reaffirmed his intention to withdraw the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, while adding that they will be shifted to Iraq, during an interview this weekend.
By Kyle Rempfer