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What We’re Watching: Longest-ever US shutdown coming to an end, Georgia Dream making one-party rule reality, Syria’s president in Washington

US shutdown heads toward end as eight Democrats give in Eight Senate Democrats joined almost every Republican to advance a continuing resolution that would fund the government through January and end ... Read More

Iraq says some US military advisers will stay due to IS threat in Syria

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister said Monday that a small contingent of U.S. military advisers will remain in the country for now to coordinate with U.S. forces in neighboring Syria combating the ... Read More

Syria joins alliance against Islamic State after White House talks

Syria is joining the global coalition against the Islamic State group, a US official said Monday hours after President Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa for historic White ... Read More

From jailed jihadist to the Oval Office: Syria's president caps unlikely rise with Trump meeting

Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is expected during his Washington visit Monday to commit to joining the U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS, two U.S. officials told NBC News. Read More

Iraq can disarm factions only when the US withdraws, prime minister says

Iraq has pledged to bring all weapons under the control of the state, but that will not work so long as there is a U.S.-led coalition in the country that some Iraqi factions view as an occupying force ... Read More

Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the ... Read More

Syria’s President Meets Trump at White House for First Time

The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist. Read More

Exclusive: US military to establish presence at Damascus airbase, sources say

The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar ... Read More

Iraq keeping some US military advisers due to IS threat in Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq. (Hadi Mizban/AP) Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to ... Read More

Iraq keeping some US military advisers due to IS threat in Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq. (Hadi Mizban/AP) BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said ... Read More