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Syrian government forces shell rebel-held northwest, kill 12

Syrian government shelling killed at least a dozen people in the rebel-held northwest on Thursday, rescue workers said, as Damascus said its patience was running out over the implementation of a Russian-Turkish agreement in the area. The shelling killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens...

U.S. Strategy in Syria Is Dangerously Adrift

After years of aerial bombardment by coalition forces and intense ground battles fought by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria (ISIS) has been ousted from every inch of territory in Syria. Although analysts are right to caution that this does not mean the...

Interviewing Islamic State detainees in Syria

The Reuters team sat down in the dimly lit room in the camp in Ain Issa, northern Syria, and waited for the two Belgian sisters-in-law to arrive. Our reporters in Brussels had been following their story for months: the women had joined Islamic State in Syria at its height, surrendered to...