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A United Nations report said that militias supporting the Syrian government apparently executed 82 civilians in Aleppo as the remaining rebel-held areas fell. Debora Patta reports on the "complete meltdown of humanity."
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A United Nations report said that militias supporting the Syrian government apparently executed 82 civilians in Aleppo as the remaining rebel-held areas fell. Debora Patta reports on the "complete meltdown of humanity."
The Syrian regime, backed by Russian forces, has retaken nearly all of Aleppo from rebels and is launching more airstrikes against the few holdouts. But retaking Aleppo came at a cost. ISIS took control of the ancient city of Palmyra only nine months after the Syrian regime regained it from the terror group. Debora Patta reports.
Syria's largest city, Aleppo, has been devastated by the country's civil war. Syrian and Russian forces appear poised to reclaim the city from U.S.-backed rebels while residents continue to flee. Debora Patta has more on the fall of the city.
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In Syria, the Assad regime, with the help of Russia, is systematically destroying much of its largest city. Rebel-held eastern Aleppo is staggering under the worst bombing of the civil war, now in its sixth year. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Rebel shelling killed eight school children in Aleppo on Sunday, while a barrel bomb launched by regime forces killed a family of six. The number of civilians caught in the crossfire in war-torn Syria continues to grow as hospitals have become targets. Jonathan Vigliotti has more.
In eastern Aleppo, 275,000 civilians are under attack from Syrian and Russian bombers and cut off from all aid according to the United Nations. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, the bombing looks like a deliberate campaign of terror to force civilians to flee.
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The cease-fire in Syria's civil war seems to be holding, but two convoys of aid for the besieged city of Aleppo are stuck just inside the Turkish border. U.N. officials say disagreements and security concerns are holding them up. Elizabeth Palmer reports, as she and her crew travel to Aleppo.
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The United States and Russia are unlikely wartime allies and their joint plan of attack against jihadists in war-torn Syria will unfold in two phases meant to test if a marriage on the battlefield is even viable. The first phase begins Monday at sundown - the time when the Russian-backed Assad regime and the U.S.-backed rebels agreed to a reduction in violence, specifically airstrikes. Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest from our London Bureau.
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Syrian forces have surrounded Aleppo. But they haven't been able to lock it down, and rebel forces broke through government front lines over the weekend. Now the city is in danger of becoming a slaughterhouse. Debora Patta reports from inside Syria.
Michael Morell, former number two at the CIA, spoke with "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose about the civil war in Syria. He suggested the United States should support more aggressive action by Syrian rebels.
ISIS claimed responsibility for multiple bomb attacks Monday in two Syrian cities on the Mediterranean coast. Monitors say they killed more than 100 people. The region has been stronghold for President Bashar al-Assad. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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Democrats are pushing for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the Senate appeared to be closing in on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Lawmakers and President Trump appear to be edging closer to a framework to wrap up the Department of Homeland Security shutdown — but a breakthrough has remained out of reach. CBS News contacted every House and Senate office to ask what they're doing to end the shutdown.
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A judge sharply questioned a lawyer for the federal government on Tuesday over the Pentagon's efforts to cut Anthropic's AI out of its classified systems.
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Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election for a Florida state House seat on Tuesday, flipping a district that is home to President Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago.
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The 31-year-old American matched Austrian downhill great Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who won her six titles in the 1970s.
Trump says the Iran war is already won, but more U.S. forces are heading to the Mideast as Tehran asks U.S. officials if they're "negotiating with yourselves?"
Democrats have vowed to keep forcing votes on the issue as they seek public testimony from administration officials.
A command element and some ground forces are expected to be part of the Middle East deployment, according to a source familiar with the planning.
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In this web exclusive, Emmy-winning actress Lisa Kudrow talks with Tracy Smith about "Friends," and her HBO show "The Comeback."
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The artificial intelligence company Anthropic is challenging the Pentagon in court after the Trump administration designated it a national security risk. Tom Dupree, former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, joins with analysis.
The war with Iran is raising cybersecurity concerns in the U.S. Vik Desai, global cybersecurity strategy lead at Accenture, joins CBS News to discuss.
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