The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State ... Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press. American forces are still needed there, particularly ...

Celebration around the world and in Syria took place after the downfall of Assad. “The end of this regime is a defeat for all who enabled its barbarity and corruption,” said Blinken. Armed rebels took ...

TASS/. Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone to discuss the situation in Syria and security issues, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a ...

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