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February 26, 2021

US launches airstrike against Iranian-backed forces in Syria

The U.S. military carried out an airstrike against an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria Thursday, a senior official told Fox News.

February 26, 2021

Past Biden, Psaki tweets criticizing Trump resurface after new Syria airstrikes

Past Twitter messages from President Biden and one of his top aides -- both criticizing former President Trump -- weren't appearing to age well Thursday after Biden ordered airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria.

February 25, 2021

Pompeo reacts to Syria airstrikes: 'I hope it wasn't just bombs in the desert'

A United States airstrike in eastern Syria late Thursday should have targeted "something that threatened the United States of America," former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "The Ingraham Angle".

January 22, 2021

Lloyd Austin: What to know about Biden administration's secretary of defense

Retired four-star U.S. general Lloyd Austin has made history Friday by becoming America's first Black Secretary of Defense.

January 13, 2021

Intense Israeli airstrikes in east Syria said to kill dozens

Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on eastern Syria early Wednesday, apparently targeting positions and arms depots of Iran-backed fighters. Dozens of fighters were killed or wounded, according to an opposition war monitor.

December 14, 2020

ISIS sleeper cell attacks in Syria reach record low, data shows

Despite the still frequent terrorist attacks ripping through the once ISIS-controlled pockets of northeastern Syria, data released this month showed that November 2020 recorded the lowest number of sleeper cell attacks by the Islamic terror group since their territorial defeat last year.

December 9, 2020

Biden Defense Secretary pick at helm when team accused of ‘watering down’ ISIS intel

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, could make history as the first Black man to serve in the position, but getting his appointment through Congress could be an uphill battle.

November 25, 2020

American ex-soldier allegedly provided material support to Syrian-based terrorist

A former U.S. soldier was arrested Wednesday for allegedly providing financial support to a self-identified member of al-Nusra Front, a designated terrorist organization based in Syria, according to federal prosecutors.

November 24, 2020

Biden secretary of state pick Blinken admitted Obama administration 'failed' in Syria

Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, admitted earlier this year that the Obama administration “failed” in Syria — although he also panned the Trump administration for “pulling out” of the country entirely.

November 23, 2020

American teen who once threatened Trump in ISIS video says it's 'sweet relief' being in US

Matthew's mother claimed that her husband tricked her, but evidence showed that she was heavily involved in funding ISIS, even helping to film propaganda videos of her son.