Bipartisan House OKs bill hitting Turkey for Syria incursion
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill punishing Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria and illustrating both parties' dismay with President Donald Trump's...
Not over yet: New US Syria mission after al-Baghdadi’s death
WASHINGTON — Pivoting from the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group's leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria's oil fi...
US official: IS leader believed dead in US military assault
WASHINGTON — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's mo...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s takes on impeachment, Syria, climate
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is persisting in a claim that goes to the heart of the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria — that he's bringing th...
Russia calls US move to protect Syrian oil ‘banditry’
MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern S...
After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria’s oil fields
WASHINGTON — As Russian and Turkish leaders divvy up security roles in northeast Syria following an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal, President Donald Tru...
Car bomb targets Syrian town held by Turkey-backed fighters
BEIRUT — A car boobytrapped with explosives detonated Thursday, wounding four people, in a northeastern Syrian town taken by Turkish-backed forces fro...
Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal
BEIRUT — Once again, Syrian President Bashar Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country's multi-front wa...
Analysis: Trump’s ‘success’ in Syria cedes region to Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared success in Syria on Wednesday and created a bumper-sticker moment to illustrate his campaign promise to p...
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish fo...
Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord
AKCAKALE, Turkey — Russian military police began patrols on part of the Syrian border Wednesday, quickly moving to implement an accord with Turkey tha...
Iraq official: US troops from Syria to leave Iraq in 4 weeks
BAGHDAD — U.S troops withdrawing from northeastern Syria to Iraq are "transiting" and will leave the country within four weeks, Iraq's defense ministe...
Esper arrives in Baghdad to discuss US troop deployments
BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad Wednesday, as chaos swirled along the Turkey-Syria border and Iraqi leaders chafed over repo...
Trump finds no simple fix in Syria, other world hotspots
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's plan to reverse America's involvement in "endless wars" has run up against a difficult truth: When it comes to n...