Why Did the Raqqa Offensive Never Take off? For Four Good Reasons
The campaign for the recovery of Syrian Raqqa from the Islamic State’s clutches faced a fresh delay in the wake
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Old Petraeus Team’s Leading Lights Join Trump’s NSC in Key Posts
The Pentagon and National Security Council are racing forward on President Donald Trump’s plan to create safe zones in Syria,
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Russia Airfreights Syrian Troops to Save Deir Ez-Zour from Falling to ISIS
Russian freight planes Wednesday, Jan. 18 transported hundreds of Syrian troops into battle in northeastern Syria where the key town
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Russian Elite Spetsnaz Trounced in Face-off with ISIS
The Russians first admitted to putting boots on the ground in the Syrian war 10 months ago, when the elite
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ISIS seizes big Russian-Syrian T-4 air base
Islamic State forces pushed their assault forward to retake the central Syrian town of Palmyra Monday, Dec. 12. By
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Obama hits Trump tie with Putin, Erdogan on Syria
Half a dozen long convoys of trucks carrying US arms, hurriedly put together by US military headquarters in Baghdad, have
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Obama’s “Turkish Headache” Holds up the Operation to Liberate Raqqa
Turkey continued to mass forces in northern Syria and inside its border with Iraq on Nov. 8, after Gen. Joseph
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The Operation to Retake Raqqa from ISIS Is Still Far off
A Raqqa operation to drive the Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold is very much on US Defense Secretary Ashton
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The Mosul Operation May Mire the US in Regional Conflicts
The Mosul offensive, launched Monday, Oct. 17, is generally expected to be drawn-out and bloody. President Barack Obama, who staked
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ISIS Too Pivots to Asia
The Islamic State is about to relocate lock, stock and barrel, to the Far East – possibly even jumping the
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