Syria

U.S. Strikes Have Killed 1,100 ISIS Fighters And Cost $1 Billion

5:15pm December 24, 2014

by Martha Ann Overland

Spending exceeds $8 million per day. Operation Inherent Resolve, as the U.S.-led operation against the Islamic State is known, is getting its own inspector general to oversee government costs.

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Jordanian Plane Goes Down Over Syria; Islamic State Captures Pilot

2:52pm December 24, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

U.S. military officials tell NPR they believe the plane wasn't shot down by ISIS, and they're still working to determine what brought the plane down.

Syrians in the capital Damascus hold posters with portraits of President Bashar Assad ahead of the country's June election. He was overwhelmingly elected in a vote that Western countries called illegitimate.

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For Syria's President, The Year Ends Better Than It Began

9:12am December 24, 2014

by Alice Fordham

Syria's civil war is still raging with no end in sight. But Bashar Assad remains entrenched in Damascus and many argue his position improved over the year as the U.S. began bombing the Islamic State.

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Dr. Mohammed Arif helps treat a wounded patient at a field hospital in Kobani, Syria. Most of the clinics in this besieged Syrian border town are now in ruins. Only one still stands, its location kept secret lest it be targeted.

Medical Workers In Conflict Zones Have Never Faced Greater Risks

4:26pm December 17, 2014

by Eleanor Klibanoff

They've always been caught in crossfire. But now they are being singled out as targets. And the worst violence is taking place in Syria.

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World Food Program Resumes Food Aid For Syrian Refugees

10:11am December 09, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The U.N. organization said that after it suspended a food-voucher program earlier this month, individuals, the private sector and governments stepped in to raise the money.

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Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Strike Targets Near Damascus

2:41pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Syrian Observatory says the airstrikes appeared to target Hezbollah arms shipments.

Cooperative captives conduct afternoon prayers inside a communal cellblock at Camp 6 last month at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six long-time detainees of the prison have been transferred to Uruguay.

6 Gitmo Detainees Transferred To Uruguay, U.S. Says

2:19pm December 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Four Syrians, one Tunisian and one Palestinian were released to the South American country early today as part of a deal to reduce the inmate population at the controversial prison.

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U.N. Agency Suspends Food Aid For 1.7 Million Syrian Refugees

2:50pm December 01, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The World Food Program says it needs $64 million immediately to continue a voucher program that allows refugees in countries bordering Syria to buy food in local shops.

The cover of the latest issue of Dabiq, the official Islamic State magazine. It includes a lengthy article on "The Revival of Slavery," which it endorses.

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How The Islamic State Wages Its Propaganda War

1:48pm November 19, 2014

by Alison Meuse

From videos to Internet magazines, the extremist group has successfully recruited around the world. One of its recent claims: Enslaving women as a prize of war is sanctioned by the Quran.

Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was formerly known as Peter, is shown with a truck filled with aid supplies for Syrian refugees. The American aid worker was seized by the Islamic State in October 2013 and was killed by the group, which released a video Sunday of

For U.S. Soldier Turned Aid Worker, The Goal Was To Help Syrians

1:47pm November 19, 2014

by Alison Meuse

Abdul-Rahman Kassig went to Iraq as a U.S. soldier and returned to the Middle East to establish an aid group. Here's a look at what motivated him to undertake a risky mission that cost him his life.