September 10, 2018 US Navy fighter pilot receives valor award for shooting down Syrian jet in 2017 A U.S. Navy pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down a Syrian jet in 2017 — the first air-to-air kill for the U.S. military in 18 years.
September 10, 2018 Syrians in Idlib brace for chemical weapons attack, ground invasion by Assad forces While pro-Assad bombs fall from the skies on the edges of Idlib province – the last opposition stronghold left amid the twilight of Syria’s long-running civil war – those trapped inside the city of the same name can only wait for the inevitable last battle, with nowhere left to hide.
September 10, 2018 Syria's Assad approves gas attack in Idlib despite warning, report says President Bashar al-Assad has approved a gas attack in the Idlib province, which is the country’s last rebel stronghold, a report on Sunday said.
September 7, 2018 US Marines launch live-fire air assault into Syria desert in 'strong message' to Russia More than 100 U.S. Marines launched an air assault in the southern Syrian desert backed by artillery fire to send a “strong message” to Russia not to send their forces inside a restricted area near an American military outpost, two U.S. defense officials have told Fox News.
September 7, 2018 Trump reportedly approves new objectives in Syria, keeping military presence indefinitely The United States will remain in Syria indefinitely as President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed to new objectives that will keep American troops on the ground to ensure Iranian forces are driven out of the country, as well as the “enduring defeat” of the Islamic State.
September 6, 2018 Haley warns Syria, Russia, Iran against using chemical weapons: Don’t bet against the US The Trump administration is playing down talk of an imminent pullout of American forces from Syria, while simultaneously demanding a complete withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syrian territory.
September 4, 2018 Trump warns Assad, Syrian allies on reported plan for Idlib province offensive President Trump late Monday warned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his allies in the region not to attack rebels in the country’s Idlib province, warning that “hundreds of thousands” could be killed.
September 1, 2018 Blasts from area of military airport shake Syrian capital A string of powerful blasts from the direction of a military airport in Damascus lit up the skies and shook the capital city in the early morning hours on Sunday, residents and state TV reported.
August 15, 2018 Parents of missing journalist Austin Tice tell Fox News they're 'confident' he's still alive The parents of freelance journalist Austin Tice told Fox News Wednesday night that they have “confidence” that their son is still alive, six years after he vanished under frightening circumstances in Syria.
August 11, 2018 Al Qaeda at 30 shows signs of resurgence after ISIS routed Thirty years after its founding on Aug. 11, 1988, the Al Qaeda terror group is showing signs of a resurgence following ISIS’s near-defeat in Iraq and Syria, experts warn.
