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US troops guarding oil fields in Syria wait around for military orders

April 29, 2020

United States troops stationed in Syria have yet to receive guidance on their mission, including the basic rules of engagement, according to a military official in a CNN

Turkey captures ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s sister in Syria raid

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

Turkish forces have captured the older sister of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a raid in northwestern Syria, officials announced, about 50 miles from where he died by suicide vest in a US raid ten days ago.

Rasmiya Awad, 65, was detained…

The long reach of America: The details behind the Delta Force raid

April 29, 2020

By SOFREP

As the smoke is still settling down over the charred ruins of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound details about the operation are already emerging.

SOFREP has learned that the assault force was comprised of approximately 70 operators from Delta F…

The US is drawing up plans for a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

The US Defense Department is exploring its options to completely withdraw all US troops deployed in Afghanistan, in the event President Donald Trump abruptly makes the decision, according to

US bombed its anti-ISIS headquarters as Turkish troops advanced

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

The US military destroyed its own anti-ISIS headquarters in Syria, The Wall Street Journal reporte…

Video shows food, books, and drinks left behind at base in Syria

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

Video footage from Russian news agency Anna News shows the inside of an abandoned US army base in Syria, where items such as half-eaten food, beds, and footballs appear to…

Check out video of US camp in Syria taken over by Russian mercenaries

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

A video shows the inside of a US military camp overtaken by Russian mercenaries working with Syrian forces, shortly after American troops abandoned it.

US forces left the Manbij camp in northern Syria early Oct. 15, 2019, following an Oct. 6, …

Kurdish forces strike a deal with Syrian army

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

The Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria announced on Oct. 13, 2019, that it had struck a deal with the Syrian army in order to combat an intensifying attack by Turkish forces in the region.

Turkey has embarked on major air and lan…

Turkish offensive against Kurds moves forward as US prepares to pull troops

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

An effort to withdraw the 1,000 remaining US troops in northern Syria is underway, after new intelligence shows US forces in the crosshairs of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish-backed Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) and a possible planned counter-…

ISIS has a plan to bust out 70,000 supporters from Kurdish jails

April 29, 2020

By Business Insider

ISIS fighters will be closely watching the fighting between Turkish and Kurdish troops in northeastern Syria, waiting for a chance to break thousands of fighters, and tens of thousands of family members, out of Kurdish prisons, according to a former…