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November 4, 2019

Greek authorities discover 41 migrants in refrigerated truck, mostly Afghans

Dozens of men and boys were found hiding in a refrigerated truck along a highway in northern Greece on Monday, according to officials, the discovery coming fewer than two weeks since international alarm bells were raised surrounding human trafficking after 39 migrants were found dead in the back of a truck in Britain.

October 31, 2019

US military returns to Syria to protect oil fields; Kurdish leader accuses Turkey of 'continuing its war'

U.S. military forces have returned to eastern Syria, weeks after President Trump ordered the complete withdrawal of American troops from the area.

October 30, 2019

Turkey condemns House resolutions, summons US ambassador

Turkish lawmakers on Wednesday denounced two resolutions passed by U.S. House members, saying it would damage an already fraught relationship between the two countries that's been severely tested in recent weeks. 

October 30, 2019

Ilhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Tuesday refused to support a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide, saying it was important first to condemn the preceding "mass slaughter" of "hundreds of millions of indigenous people," as well as the "transatlantic slave trade."

October 28, 2019

Israel's UN ambassador condemns Erdogan's support of terrorism

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of being a hub for regional terrorism while saying its recent incursion into Syria has resulted in the strengthening of the Islamic State terror network.

October 28, 2019

Al-Baghdadi informant was inside compound at time of raid, Kurdish general tells Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ

The U.S. raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was months in the making and involved significant intelligence from Kurdish allies in Syria – including a rare informant at the heart of ISIS who was inside the compound at the time of the raid, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ has learned.

October 27, 2019

Jim Hanson: The caliph is dead — now, here's how the US can exit from Syria

We must solidify the gains we have made and ensure that Assad and Iran do not have a path to undo these successes and create the land bridge to the Mediterranean the mullahs in Tehran so desperately crave.

October 26, 2019

Imprisoned ISIS fighters want forgiveness, but is anyone willing to give it?

Northern Syria has become a geopolitical cauldron – Syrians, Russians, Kurds, Iranians, Turks, and now the U.S. back in to compete for influence.

October 25, 2019

At ISIS prisoner camp in Syria, Benjamin Hall 'struck' by scarcity of guards

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’ Benjamin Hall recently spoke to ISIS prisoners in Syria weeks after President Trump made the decision to withdraw U.S. forces, and after Turkey launched a military offensive against the Kurds. He said he was struck by how few guards there were at the prison.

October 24, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: In northern Syria, an uncertain way forward

There’s a strange feeling across Northern Syria. People are stuck between war and peace, between what came before – the optimism and freedom of defeating the Islamic State caliphate – and the unknowns of what comes next, as Russian, Syrian and Turkish troops move in and face off, while U.S. troops move out.