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A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa)

US-backed Syrian fighters resume attack on ISIS

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters resumed their offensive on the last area held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria on Sunday after days of calm that saw thousands of civilians leave the area.
March 10, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joins Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WATCH: Democrats furious at Omar for trashing Obama

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar faces new criticism over comments in a Politico interview that former President Barack Obama's 'hope and change' platform was a 'mirage' and that Donald Trump's predecessors had 'bad policies.'
March 9, 2019
Iraqi President Barham Salih, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Abbas blasts Trump during Iraq visit

The Palestinian president slammed the US administration during a visit to Baghdad to try to bolster ties with the current Iraqi regime.
March 4, 2019
US in Syria

White House says US will keep 200 troops in Syria

Sen. Lindsey Graham, who had harshly criticized Trump's decision to pull U.S. forces out of Syria, applauded the president's decision to leave a few hundred as part of an 'international stabilizing force.'
February 22, 2019
Shamima Begum. (screenshot)

WATCH: British ‘ISIS bride’ begs to return to UK

Shamima Begum left the U.K. at the age of 15 to marry an ISIS fighter in Syria, commenting that she was 'okay' with the terror group's beheadings and other atrocities, but now desperately wants to return to the United Kingdom.
February 18, 2019