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More than 100 House Republicans demand oversight of Syria as U.S. prepares to repeal sanctions, warning of potential reversal if progress falters.
Syrian, Kurdish and U.S. officials are scrambling ahead of a year-end deadline to show some progress in a stalled deal to merge Kurdish forces with the Syrian state, according to several people involved in or familiar with the talks.
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The U.S. move to lift sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns, U.N. official says
An estimated 400,000 Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon since former Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted in December 2024 following nearly 14 years of civil war.
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Deadly strike on US troops tests Trump’s counter-ISIS plan — and his trust in Syria’s new leader
Deadly Syria attack kills two U.S. service members, intensifying pressure on Trump to reassess counter-ISIS strategy and partnership with Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Last Saturday, an Islamic State infiltrator ambushed a meeting between American soldiers and their local counterparts in a Syrian desert town. Two members of the Iowa National Guard and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed in the assault—whose perpetrator may or may not have known that the subject of the meeting was how to counter ISIS.
Two U.S. soldiers killed in Syria ISIS attack identified as Iowa National Guard members. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth vows overwhelming force response.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a list of countries subject to a full travel ban, prohibiting citizens from an additional seven countries, including Syria, from entering the United States.