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US to reduce military footprint in Syria to fewer than 1,000 troops
The departure would return force levels to where they had been for years, after the U.S. and its allies waged a multiyear campaign to defeat ISIS.
By Tara Copp, AP and Beth Sullivan
Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war
So far, only a small number of Syrian fighters appear to have arrived in Russia for military training ahead of deployment on the front lines.
US military changes explanation of attack on base in Syria
It is now believed the April 7 attack was carried out by the “deliberate placement of explosive charges” by one or more individuals at an ammunition holding area and shower facility on the base.
Four US troops injured in rocket attack on base in Syria
The troops are being evaluated for minor injuries and traumatic brain injury.
Attack in east Syria injures 2 US-led coalition members
The attack was the first to hit the base in Syria’s Deir el-Zour province since January.
Pentagon policies don’t do enough to prevent harm to civilians: report
The military has been following its guidelines, but its guidelines don't do enough to mitigate civilian casualties, the report found.
AFRICOM’s chief warned Mali about the Wagner Group. It didn’t work.
America’s top commander for Africa said Thursday he personally urged Mali’s ruling military junta not to invite in Russian mercenaries the Wagner Group before it did just that.
By Joe Gould
Russia sends warplanes to Syria for naval drills in Mediterranean
Russia also has expanded and modified a naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, the only such facility that Russia has outside the former Soviet Union.
Civilian toll in Syria raid may be higher than thought
Military officials said there could have been more civilian casualties than initially thought in the raid that killed the top ISIS leader in Syria last week.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
‘This horrible terrorist leader is no more’: Biden praises troops in Syria raid
Administration officials said the operation to kill the head of Islamic State group had been in the works for months.
US commandos kill ISIS leader in Syria raid, civilians also reported dead
President Joe Biden said ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed, But civilians were reportedly killed.
By Ghaith Alsayed and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press