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This frame grab provided on Thursday, October 5, 2017, by the Russian defense ministry press service, shows what they say is a long-range Kalibr cruise missile launched by the a Russian submarine in the Mediterranean. AP


Russian Campaign Against US al-Tanf Base

Russian Campaign Against US al-Tanf Base

Moscow — Moscow strongly escalated on Friday its campaign against the US-led al-Tanf military base in eastern Syria and near the Iraqi border at a time when Russian warplanes supported regime forces that infiltrated in the city of Mayadeen, one of the ISIS strongholds...
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Fighters from the former Jabhat al-Nusra — since renamed and part of the group in control of Idlib — pictured in Aleppo in 2016. AFP


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A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq in 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. (US airforce)


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Forces loyal to Assad ride on pick-up trucks mounted with weapons in the Badia, in the southern Syrian desert in this handout picture provided by regime media on June 13, 2017, via Reuters


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Syrians, who fled the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, in an area near the village of Balaban, south of Jarablus on June 7, 2017. 
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Iran on Syrian-Iraqi Border Via al-Tanf

Iran on Syrian-Iraqi Border Via al-Tanf

Beirut- Syrian forces and their allied militias reached the Iraqi border on Friday, achieving Tehran’s strategic objective in linking the Syrian border with Iran via Iraq and guaranteeing a meeting point for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces and groups backed by...