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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Rockets hit U.S. base in eastern Syria; no casualties reported
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the rockets were fired by Arab tribesmen in the region who are armed by Iran.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2022
Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing
The airstrikes came after a bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Nov. 13, killing six people and wounding over 80 others.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2022
Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking
The incident was deadliest so far as a rising number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Islamic State leader blows up himself, family as U.S. attacks hideout in Syria
About 50 U.S. special operations forces landed in helicopters and attacked a house in a rebel-held corner of Syria, clashing for 2 hours with gunmen.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2021
New Mainers group repurposes Hallowell church to house immigrants
The Capital Area New Mainers Project was gifted the Episcopal Church property in Hallowell after it closed in June, and is in the process of converting it into space for immigrants to live and gather.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2021
U.S. airstrikes in Syria a warning to Iran, Biden says
Administration officials defend the raid as legal and appropriate even as several Democrats in Congress criticize the military action.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2019
Pentagon spy agency finds Trump’s Syria withdrawal aided ISIS
The assessment, part of a quarterly report disclosed Tuesday, concluded that ISIS "exploited the Turkish incursion and subsequent drawdown of U.S. troops to reconstitute capabilities and resources within Syria."
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PublishedOctober 28, 2019
Security increased at prisons holding Islamic State supporters after leader’s death
Fear of chaos already was running high over the fate of those detained, after this month's U.S. withdrawal and the Turkish military invasion of northeastern Syria.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria oil fields
The president stirs fresh criticism with a tweet suggesting it's time for Kurds to 'start heading to the Oil Region.'
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PublishedOctober 23, 2019
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire is permanent
Lawmakers from both parties chastise the president for turning on the Syrian Kurds, whose fighters battled alongside American troops to beat back the Islamic State group.
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