The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
Syrian government forces at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus in April. The U.S. launched airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in central Syria on Friday.
American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
The dignified transfer of the American soldiers killed in Syria. The assault last weekend was a stark reminder of the danger in the region and the quandary of whether to keep American forces there at all.
Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump’s orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, vowed resistance.
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
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