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Some 250 residents join US-trained security force for Raqqa

Some 250 residents of Syria's Raqqa province Thursday became the latest batch to graduate from a brief U.S. training course, ...

US complains to Turkey after map of posts in Syria published

The U.S. military says it has raised concerns with Ankara over the publication of what Turkey's state-run news agency says ...

Clashes erupt between rebels, al-Qaida in northwest Syria

Fierce clashes between Syrian rebels and al-Qaida-linked militants spread through northwest Syria on Wednesday, as the two ...

US: Iran still top state terror sponsor; global attacks down

Iran continues to be the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Trump administration said Wednesday in a new report ...

Kawsar Rashan, Lida Azizi, Somayeh Faruqi, Rodaba Noori

Afghan team among medal winners at global robotics event

An international robotics competition in Washington attracted teams of teenagers from more than 150 nations. The team that ...

Lida Azizi

Afghan girls' story was among many at global robotics event

An international robotics competition in Washington attracted teams of teenagers from more than 150 nations. The team that ...

US-backed forces battle IS in heart of Syria's Raqqa

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought Islamic State militants in the heart of Raqqa, the extremists' self-styled capital, on ...

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Here are the top stories for Sunday, July 16: Shells hit Russian Embassy in Syria; Emmanuel Macron appeals for renewed peace ...

Syria says shells hit Russian embassy compound

Shells hit the Syrian capital of Damascus Sunday wounding seven while two of the projectiles hit the Russian embassy and a ...

Rival groups clash in Syria's rebel-packed Idlib

Clashes have broken out in northwestern Syria between two of the most powerful insurgent groups there raising fears of ...

The Latest: U.N. Syria envoy plans another round of talks

The Latest on developments in Syria and the latest round of indirect peace talks in Geneva (all times local): 2:00 a.m. The U

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McGurk: 'We Have Some Ways to Go' in IS Fight

US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (IS), Brett McGurk, detailed the progress of the ...

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2 US volunteers die fighting Islamic State group in Syria

A former Occupy Wall Street protester and volunteer medic who had taken up the cause of the Middle East's Kurds was one of ...

UN food agency gains greater access near Syria's Raqqa

The U.N. said Wednesday it is using newly opened land routes in Syria to expand food deliveries to areas around the northern ...

5 Things to know about Iraq's Mosul

Iraq's prime minister declared victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul after more than eight months of some of the ...

Iraqi leader congratulates troops in Mosul; fight goes on

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated Iraqi troops Sunday in the streets of Mosul for driving Islamic State militants ...

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The Latest: Trump says Syria truce opportunity with Russia

The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 10:15 p.m. President Donald Trump has called for expanded cooperation ...

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

Syria ceasefire begins, Trump eyes cooperation with Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump called for expanded cooperation with Russia on Sunday, as a cease-fire brokered by the two powers ...

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

UN says truce deal in southern Syria will help peace talks

The United Nations on Saturday welcomed the agreement struck between the United States and Russia for a cease-fire in ...

US, Russia announce Syria cease-fire after Trump-Putin talks

The United States and Russia struck an agreement Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump's ...