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US forces aid 22 anti-ISIS ops in Syria, kill five and capture 19, CENTCOM says

CENTCOM says 22 anti ISIS operations killed five militants and captured 19 as Syria realigns toward a US brokered security deal with Israel. Read More

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 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

UN approves US-backed effort to lift sanctions on Syria’s president

The U.N. Security Council has voted to lift a series of sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government days before he's set to arrive in the U.S. for a historic visit to ... 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

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