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Report: US Will Withdraw All of Its Forces in Syria Over the Next Two Months

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 18, 2026

The US is in the process of pulling all of its roughly 1,000 troops out of Syria, which is expected to take about two months, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the US pulled out of the Al Tanf Garrison, a base in southern Syria near...

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Israeli Troops Detaining Growing Number of Civilians in Southwest Syria

by Jason Ditz | Feb 17, 2026

As Israel launches more and more cross-border raids into Syria’s Quneitra Govenrorate, troops are establishing checkpoints to harass locals. In addition to the checkpoints, troops are increasingly engaged in raids to capture young men, though exactly why they’re being...

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Syria Orders Kurdish SDF to Return to Civilian Life by End of February

by Jason Ditz | Feb 16, 2026

Adding to the growing list of ultimatums imposed on the Kurdish SDF, the Syrian Interior Ministry has announced they are giving SDF members until the end of February to disarm fully and completely return to civilian life. The new documents released by the Interior...

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US Says It Launched 10 More Strikes in Syria, Finished Transferring ISIS Detainees to Iraq

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 15, 2026

US Central Command said on Saturday that its forces launched an additional 10 strikes against ISIS in Syria from February 3 to February 12, an announcement that came after US forces withdrew from a key base in southern Syria. "US forces struck ISIS infrastructure and...

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Israel Launches New Raids into Southern Syria, Troops Fire on Civilians

by Jason Ditz | Feb 12, 2026

Israel has launched new incursions into southwestern Syria since Wednesday night, first firing artillery toward a village in the northern part of Quneitra Governorate and then, Thursday morning, sending troops in outright. New checkpoints were established by the IDF,...

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Report: US Forces Pull Out of Al-Tanf Base in Southern Syria

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 11, 2026

Update on February 12 at 1:56 pm EST: US Central Command issued a statement on Thursday confirming the US withdrawal from Al-Tanf US forces have withdrawn from the Al-Tanf Garrison, a base in southern Syria near the borders of Iraq and Jordan, according to a report...

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Tom Barrack Says HTS-Led Syrian Government’s Participation in Anti-ISIS Coalition Marks a ‘New Chapter’

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 11, 2026

Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey who also serves as an envoy to Syria, wrote on X on Tuesday that the participation of the new Syrian government -- led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda -- in a US-led anti-ISIS coalition meeting marks a "new...

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Ceasefire Deal in Place, But Siege Continues for Syrian Kurds in Kobane

by Jason Ditz | Feb 10, 2026

A deal between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF remains more or less in place in the Hasakeh Governorate, with the central government putting more and more of the former Kurdish-held territory under direct control. But the latest ceasefire not immediately...

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Turkish DM: No Plans to Withdraw Troops From Either Syria or Iraq

by Jason Ditz | Feb 9, 2026

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says that the Turkish military has no intention of withdrawing from either Iraq or Syria irrespective of what agreements have been reached by other factions within those countries. There had been speculation, particularly with...

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Syrian Officer Arrested Over Killing of Druze Civilians

by Jason Ditz | Feb 8, 2026

The Syrian Internal Security Directorate has announced that one of their officers has been arrested for involvement in an attack on Saturday in which four Druze civilians were killed and one other was wounded. The shooting happened in the village of al-Matana, in...

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