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Iraq Opening New Prisons as US Plans to Send Thousands of ‘ISIS-linked’ Detainees There

by Jason Ditz | Jan 22, 2026

Fighting between the Kurdish SDF and the Syrian military just became Iraq’s problem in a big way, with the announcement that the US intends to send some 7,000 ISIS detainees that the Kurds had previously been holding to Iraq. With massive battles over the control of...

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US Carries Out Large-Scale Strikes Against ISIS in Syria

by Jason Ditz | Jan 11, 2026

US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that they have carried out “large-scale” airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, saying the hit multiple sites belonging to the terror group as part of their commitment to “pursuing terrorists” and in retaliation for the mid-December...

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CENTCOM Says Senior Islamist Militant Killed in Syria Strike

by Jason Ditz | Oct 7, 2025

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that they had killed Muhammad ‘Abd-al-Wahhab al-Ahmad in a strike last week. Ahmad was, according to the statement, a member of “Ansar al-Islam.” Few details were offered about the strike, which happened on Thursday,...

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Heavy Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Kurds in Aleppo

by Jason Ditz | Oct 6, 2025

Tensions between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF have continued to escalate, with heavy fighting reported in the Aleppo Governorate overnight. Both sides are blaming the other for the incident. The SDF maintains that the military was engaged in provocations...

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US Reports Drone Strike in Syria’s Idlib Killed ‘Senior al-Qaeda Leader’

by Jason Ditz | Mar 2, 2025

Last weekend, it was reported that the US attacked and killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, a “senior leadership facilitator” for Hurras al-Din, in an attack in Syria’s Idlib Governorate. Around that time, it was also being reported another US drone strike had happened in...

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Latest US Strike Killed Brother of Syrian Government Minister

by Jason Ditz | Feb 23, 2025

The US has continued carrying out airstrikes against Syria’s Idlib Governorate’s Harem District, near the Tel al-Karama refugee camp this weekend, targeting and killing Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, who they described as a “senior leadership facilitator” for the...

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US Reports Drone Strike Killed Senior al-Qaeda Operative in Syria’s Idlib

by Jason Ditz | Feb 16, 2025

A US drone strike against the Idlib Governorate in northern Syria has killed two people, according to reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. US Central Command (CENTCOM) says that one of the slain people was a “senior operative” of al-Qaeda affiliate...

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US Frames Syria Airstrikes as ‘Self-Defense’ Despite Happening Amid an Ongoing US-Backed Offensive

by Jason Ditz | Dec 4, 2024

Tuesday, the Kurdish SDF launched an offensive against a number of villages in eastern Syria. The US backed the offensive with military action, and al-Mayadeen even suggests that the offensive itself came at the behest of the US military. Today we’re getting some more...

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US Announces Presence of Guided-Missile Submarine in the Middle East

by Dave DeCamp | Nov 6, 2023

The US military announced on Sunday that a US nuclear-powered submarine was in the Middle East in the latest provocation aimed at warning regional actors against attacking Israel or US forces. US Central Command said an Ohio-class submarine entered the region without...

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US Raid Kills ISIS Leader in NW Syria; Four US Troops Wounded

by Jason Ditz | Feb 18, 2023

US Raid Kills ISIS Leader in NW Syria; Four US Troops Wounded | ISIS figure oversaw network in eastern Syria

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