Turkey: U.S. promised to reclaim weapons from Kurds after ISIS fight
Defense Ministry says Mattis sent letter assuring Turks they won't face Kurdish separatists coming home with American firepower
Syria Crisis
The White Helmets
“If there is meaning to the word courage,” said a Syrian journalist, “it is represented by the Civil Defense." Also known as the White Helmets, the trained force of 3,000 rescue workers offer Syrian civilians their only hope
U.S. shoots down drone that fired on U.S.-backed forces
Army Col. Ryan Dillon said this was the first time that forces supporting Damascus attacked coalition troops in the region in Syria near a training camp in Tanf
Military probe's findings on deadly strike released
U.S. military investigates American airstrike on March meeting of al Qaeda leaders in Syria
Russia fires cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria
Moscow said it notified U.S., Turkish and Israeli militaries of the strike beforehand; there was no information on when the missiles were launched
U.S. soldier killed in Syria after vehicle rolls over
Spc. Etienne J. Murphy, 22, died of injuries sustained in a "vehicle rollover related incident" in Al-Hasakah, Syria
Russia, Syria fume over U.S. strike on Syrian troops
Syrian official says soldiers killed in airstrike near Jordanian border day after U.S. officials confirm attack to "defend our troops"
U.S. aircraft conduct strike on Syrian army convoy
CBS News correspondent David Martin reports Syrian regime vehicles have violated the deconfliction zone twice within the past few days
They escaped ISIS, but now find themselves stranded in the wilderness
Thousands of people are now camped out in the open, with little water, and no medicine in the desert outside Raqqa
U.S. weapons help tighten noose on ISIS, but 1 ally isn't happy
CBS News' Holly Williams is on the front lines with Kurdish fighters tightening the noose around ISIS in Raqqa, with the help of U.S. weapons
Rebels "forced out" as Assad tightens grip on Syria's big cities
A destroyed neighborhood in Homs was once a rebel stronghold, and now some in the opposition are giving up
Hundreds of rebel fighters and families evacuate Syrian city
Rebel evacuations are bringing Assad closer to a symbolic victory of solidifying control over Syria's big cities.
Dozens more civilians allegedly killed in U.S.-led strikes
Activist group says one strike in ISIS-held area of Syria hit convoy carrying female farm workers
U.S.-backed forces say they will advance on ISIS capital
Kurdish-led Syrian force announces it plans to move on de facto ISIS capital this summer using heavy weapons supplied by U.S.
Trump authorizes arming Kurds, despite Turkish objections
President Trump authorized Department of Defense to equip Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces, as is necessary, to clear a path for victory against ISIS in Raqqa, Syria
Russia's proposed Syrian "safe zone" deal goes into effect
The U.S. is watching closely to see if the plan, one of the more ambitious effforts to end the conflict, can successfully take hold
Russia-brokered Syria no-fly zone deal bans U.S. aircraft, too
"De-escalation zones" will be officially off-limits to all military flights, including U.S., which didn't participate in negotiations
In phone call, Trump and Putin agree Syrian suffering has gone on "far too long"
Two leaders also talked about safe zones, eradicating terrorism and North Korean threat
Report: In Syria, pattern of chemical weapons attacks by Assad regime
Report argues that Assad regime's use of chemical weapons has become "widespread and systematic," entering realm of crimes against humanity
France says deadly chemical attack bears Assad regime "signature"
Foreign minister says chemical analysis of samples from gas attack prove Russian-backed Assad regime was to blame
U.S. announces new Syrian sanctions
The U.S. issued 271 sanctions in response to the Assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack on Idlib
U.S.-led coalition accused of new civilian deaths
Latest accusation in Syria comes as Human Rights Watch report says U.S. got deadly March strike wrong, and "civilians paid the price"
At least 100 killed after car bomb rips through buses
Rescuers say at least 100 people are dead from a blast outside rebel-controlled city of Aleppo
Syria claims "hundreds" killed by strike on ISIS chemical cache
Extraordinary assertion, without evidence, is apparent effort to shore-up already-debunked explanation of horrific chemical weapons attack a week earlier
U.S. intelligence spots activity at missile-damaged Syrian airbase
Earth-moving equipment has been spotted at Shayrat airfield, which was hit last week by a U.S. cruise missile strike
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North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles in continued weapons tests
Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026
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Trump announces Russia-Ukraine "energy ceasefire" after criticizing Zelenskyy
Terminal in Riyadh airport hit again, a day after deadly strike killed 12
