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Picture: AFP It has all rapidly become part of the routine of daily life. Still, things have changed. It’s wartime, emergency routine. The streets in the town centre are not entirely deserted but ...

American troops are withdrawing, foreign jihadists are being recruited, and most worryingly, there’s talk of closing the ...

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The United States will shut down most of its military bases in Syria, consolidating operations to a single location, as part of a policy overhaul announced by its new special envoy. Thomas Barrack ...

The United States is poised to all but eliminate its military presence in Syria, reducing the number of its military bases from eight to one. Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack announced the ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -The United States will scale down its military presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in the country "because none of them worked" over the last ...

US to Scale Down Its Military Bases in Syria, Envoy Says ANKARA (Reuters) -The United States will scale down its military presence in Syria to one base from eight and U.S. policies will shift in ...