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Alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
Trump’s Syria bombing campaigns differed from Obama’s primarily in target selection, legal and congressional posture, and tempo: , while . Analysts also record a post-2016 increase in strike frequency...
Under President Trump (2017–2021), U.S. policy in Syria combined counter‑ISIS military operations, selective strikes against the Assad government, backing for local partners (notably the Syrian Democr...
face a complex calculus in any : tactical gains in survival, training, and indirect support are weighed against strategic risks of political isolation, a breakdown in , and regional and Syria’s govern...
is contested: regional governments and commentators accuse the SDF of covert coordination with Israel, while SDF leaders deny any such links and point to competing security dynamics on the ground . Re...
is in the midst of a rapid government drive to reassert control over the northeast, with forces of interim president seizing key towns, oilfields and border crossings and negotiating a ceasefire that ...
U.S. troop levels in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan have been drawn down in a phased, conditions-based way: roughly 2,500 U.S. troops were in Iraq at the start of 2025 with fewer than 2,000 expected afte...
The city of has been effectively cut off and under sustained pressure since mid-January as advanced into surrounding areas, producing what Kurdish authorities and humanitarian actors describe as a sie...
they are that has partnered with Western states , even as . Whether the SDF “is a terrorist organization” depends on which government’s legal list or political lens is used: some do, many do not . The...
are not universally designated as a terrorist organisation by major Western governments and institutions, though classifies them as such and many analysts note deep ideological and personnel links bet...
Multiple independent and regional outlets report that has been effectively bed in late January–early February 2026, with residents and aid groups saying the city was encircled, cut off from electricit...
The in early 2026 is one of sharp contraction but active negotiation: after advanced into large swathes of , the both withdrew from some sites and struck deals to integrate elements into ’s security a...
who have been publicly reported in the most often appeared as members of small, foreign-born leftist formations that fought alongside , rather than as a large, enduring separate queer army; notable ex...
La de muchos refugiados al autogobierno de surge de una mezcla de factores: tensiones étnicas y políticas locales, miedo a la militarización y al reclutamiento, y resentimiento por disputas de tierra ...
The prison breaks in north‑east Syria — most notably the on the al‑Sina’a/ (Ghwayran) complex in — were carried out by militants who launched coordinated assaults, including vehicle‑borne explosives t...
La ofensiva militar lanzada desde principios de enero ha expulsado a las fuerzas kurdas de amplias zonas del y ha reconfigurado el control territorial en ciudades clave como y , según múltiples report...
President Donald Trump ordered or announced withdrawals of U.S. forces from parts of Syria on multiple occasions; his 2018–2019 and 2021 decisions are presented in reporting as abrupt, politically dri...
Two clear, documented 2025-era peace initiatives appear in the provided materials: continued implementation of the Colombia peace agreement (originally 2016) with mixed results, and a March 10, 2025 a...